work like a horse

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

work like a horse

1. (simile) To work very hard; toil

Synonyms

• work like a dog
• work like a mule
• work like a Trojan

Translations

to work very hard; toil

• Hungarian: dolgozik, mint egy ló
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: dar el callo

See also

• workhorse
• piss like a racehorse, eat like a horse

Further reading

• “work like a horse”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• work like a horse, work like a dog, work like a mule at Google Ngram Viewer