| 单词 | to get one's nose down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto get one's nose down (to) (e) to get one's nose down (to): to work hard and concentratedly (at). Cf. to hold one's nose to the grindstone at grindstone n. 2b. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > [verb (intransitive)] > work hard or toil workeOE swingc1000 to the boneOE labourc1390 toilc1400 drevyll?1518 drudge1548 droy1576 droil1591 to tug at the (an) oar1612 to stand to it1632 rudge1676 slave1707 to work like a beaver1741 to hold (also keep, bring, put) one's nose to the grindstone1828 to feague it away1829 to work like a nigger1836 delve1838 slave1852 leather1863 to sweat one's guts out1890 hunker1903 to sweat (also work) one's guts out1932 to eat (also work) like a horse1937 beaver1946 to work like a drover's dog1952 to get one's nose down (to)1962 1962 Times 31 May 4/1 Getting their noses really down to business. 1966 P. G. Wodehouse Plum Pie i. 11 One would certainly have expected him by this time to have raised the price of a marriage licence and had the Bishop and assistant clergy getting their noses down to it. < as lemmas |
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