work someone's ass off

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46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: տքնել (tkʻnel) — to work excessively
• Armenian: կաշվից դուրս գալ (kašvicʻ durs gal) — to work excessively
• Armenian: ոռը ճղել (oṙə čġel) — to work excessively
• Chinese Mandarin: 拼命工作 (pīnmìng gōngzuò) — to work excessively
• Chinese Mandarin: 做牛做馬 /做牛做马 (zuòniúzuòmǎ) — to work excessively
• Dutch: zich uit de naad werken — to work excessively
• Finnish: raataa — to work excessively
• Finnish: tehdä töitä niska limassa — to work excessively
• Finnish: tehdä töitä hiki hatussa — to work excessively
• French: travailler comme un dératé — to work excessively
• French: travailler comme un forcené — to work excessively
• Georgian: წელზე ფეხს იდგამს (c̣elze pexs idgams) — to work excessively
• Georgian: წელს იწყვეტს (c̣els ic̣q̇veṭs) — to work excessively
• Georgian: თავს აკლავს (tavs aḳlavs) — to work excessively
• German: sich den Arsch aufreißen — to work excessively
• Greek: μου βγαίνει ο κώλος (mou vgaínei o kólos) — to work excessively
• Hungarian: agyondolgozza magát — to work excessively
• Hungarian: halálra dolgozza magát — to work excessively
• Hungarian: kipurcan, annyit dolgozik — to work excessively
• Hungarian: beledöglik a sok munkába — to work excessively
• Italian: farsi un culo così — to work excessively
• Japanese: 身を粉にして働く (mi-o konishite hataraku) — to work excessively
• Japanese: 馬車馬のように働く (bashauma-no yō-ni hataraku) — to work excessively
• Japanese: がむしゃらに働く (gamushara-ni hataraku) — to work excessively
• Japanese: 齷齪働く (akuseku hataraku) — to work excessively
• Japanese: あくせく働く (akuseku hataraku) — to work excessively
• Japanese: 一生懸命に働く (isshōkenmei-ni hataraku) — to work excessively
• Polish: wypruwać sobie żyły — to work excessively
• Polish: wypruć sobie żyły — to work excessively
• Polish: zapierdalać — to work excessively
• Portuguese: dar duro — to work excessively
• Russian: вка́лывать (vkályvatʹ) — to work excessively
• Russian: надрыва́ться (nadryvátʹsja) — to work excessively
• Russian: корпе́ть (korpétʹ) — to work excessively
• Russian: вьёбывать (vʹjóbyvatʹ) — to work excessively
• Spanish: trabajar duro — to work excessively
• Swedish: jobba häcken av sig — to work excessively
• Finnish: panna raatamaan — to cause (someone) to work excessively
• Finnish: laittaa raatamaan — to cause (someone) to work excessively
• German: den Arsch aufreißen — to cause (someone) to work excessively
• Hungarian: halálra dolgoztat — to cause (someone) to work excessively
• Hungarian: agyondolgoztat — to cause (someone) to work excessively
• Polish: zmuszać do harówki — to cause (someone) to work excessively
• Polish: zmusić do harówki — to cause (someone) to work excessively
• Portuguese: tirar o couro de — to cause (someone) to work excessively
• Spanish: hacer chambear duramente — to cause (someone) to work excessively