work one's butt off

English

Alternative forms

• work someone's butt off

Pronunciation

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Verb

to work (one's) butt off

1. (Canada, US, slang) To work very hard or to excess.

Synonyms

• work one's ass off (US) / work one's arse off (UK) (most vulgar)
• work one's buns off
• work one's cunt off (vulgar, less common, used by both men and women)
• work one's tail off (least vulgar)
• work one's head off (of mental work)

Related terms

• talk someone's ear off
• work someone's butt off

Translations

to work excessively

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: տքնել (hy) (tkʻnel), կաշվից դուրս գալ (hy) (kašvicʻ durs gal), ոռը ճղել (oṙə čġel) (vulgar)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拼命工作 (pīnmìng gōngzuò), 做牛做馬／做牛做马 (zh) (zuòniúzuòmǎ), 做牛做马 (zh) (zuòniúzuòmǎ)

• Czech: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: zich uit de naad werken
• Finnish: raataa (fi)
• French: travailler comme un dératé, travailler comme un forcené
• Georgian: წელზე ფეხს იდგამს (c̣elze pexs idgams), წელს იწყვეტს (c̣els ic̣q̇veṭs), თავს აკლავს (tavs aḳlavs)
• German: sich den Arsch aufreißen (de)
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• Greek: μου βγαίνει ο κώλος (mou vgaínei o kólos)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: sgobbare
• Japanese: 身を粉にして働く (みをこにしてはたらく, mi-o konishite hataraku), 馬車馬のように働く (ばしゃうまのようにはたらく, bashauma-no yō-ni hataraku), がむしゃらに働く (がむしゃらにはたらく, gamushara-ni hataraku), 齷齪働く (あくせくはたらく, akuseku hataraku), あくせく働く (akuseku hataraku), 一生懸命に働く (いっしょうけんめいにはたらく, isshōkenmei-ni hataraku)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: dar duro (pt)
• Russian: вка́лывать (ru) (vkályvatʹ) (colloquial), надрыва́ться (ru) (nadryvátʹsja), корпе́ть (ru) (korpétʹ), вьёбывать (vʹjóbyvatʹ) (vulgar) (also commonly distorted as: вья́бывать (vʹjábyvatʹ))
• Spanish: trabajar duro
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can