How to understand &quot;I work my fingers to the bone everyday.&quot;? I saw a sentence says, &quot; I work my fingers to the bone everyday.&quot; what does this mean? Thanks.

Cecelia

How to understand "I work my fingers to the bone everyday."? I saw a sentence says, " I work my fingers to the bone everyday." what does this mean? Thanks.

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It is a figure of speech meaning "to work very hard." Usually some kind of difficult manual labor, such as farming. www,mdbg.net says: "脱皮掉肉"

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