work like a dog

(verb) to work extremely hard

Example Sentences:

A: How is school going? Are you still studying Engineering?
B: Yeah, but it’s so hard! I study for hours every day!
A: Well, just keep working like a dog. If you keep working hard, you’ll be successful one day!

The young football player is going to work like a dog by practicing every day, so he can play professionally one day.

A: You look great! How did you lose so much weight?
B: Well, I worked like a dog and exercised every day.
A: Fantastic!

From the Blogs:

Theirren Henry: I’ll work like a dog

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Similar idioms:

1. work one’s fingers to the bone
2. keep one’s nose to the grindstone
3. roll up one’s sleeves
4. buckle down
5. bust one’s ass
6. knuckle down
7. put one’s shoulder to the wheel
8. pull one’s weight
9. work up to
10. bend over backwards
11. every dog has its day
12. break one’s back