| 单词 | to work one's daylights out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto work (also pull, etc.) one's daylights out c. U.S. to work (also pull, etc.) one's daylights out: to work, pull, etc., extremely hard. ΚΠ 1836 Niles' Weekly Reg. 23 Apr. 137/1 Hav'nt I been serving my country these five years..; going to meetings and huzzaing my daylights out. 1849 W. Valentine Budget of Wit & Humour 49 I've been working my daylights out all summer, on a farm, and I'm jest about tired out of that 'ere kind of business. 1884 B. Nye Baled Hay 79 The driver bangs the mule, that is ostensibly pulling his daylights out. 1936 J. Stuart Head o' W-Hollow 294 He is big as a skinned ox to lift—too much for me and you women folks to tug our daylights out tryin to lift. 1983 Motor Boating & Sailing Apr. 58/3 Finally I told her to look up. We were almost there. Then she started to paddle her daylights out. < as lemmas |
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