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work my butt off

Date: May 25 2000

Quote

1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.

”...there is something great about just working your butt
off* every day; when you fall asleep at night, you feel
really good.”

Definition

1. Definition - Study the definition.

work hard

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

If you are trying as hard as you can in school, or at work,
then you’re working your butt off.

Examples

1. Examples - Hear some example sentences.

“I don’t know why I failed that test. I’ve been working my butt off in that class.”

Winners

1. Winners - See who guessed the slang definition correctly.

“It’s the same as ‘work my ass off.’ It means work extremely hard. ”
by Coyote (Sunnyvale, California)
“It means I’m working extremely hard to get a job done.”
by Steven (Walnut, California)
”’Work one’s butt off’ means to work very hard. We could also say, ‘work one’s tail off.’ I don’t think I can use this one to my boss, though.”
by Alex (Pusan, Korea)

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green greener

United Arab Emirates

I’m working my butt off to improve my english language

07:55 PM Jul 11 2009 |

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