back breaking Idioma

the breaking point

the time you cannot go on, the point where you quit My job was so stressful I reached the breaking point. I had to quit.

breaking and entering

Idiom(s): breaking and entering

Theme: CRIME

the crime of forcing one's way into a place. (A criminal charge. Fixed order.)
• Max was charged with four counts of breaking and entering.
• It was not an act of breaking and entering. The thief just opened the door and walked right in.

You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs

This idiom means that in order to achieve something or make progress, there are often losers in the process.

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To achieve a certain goal one must sometimes incur damage, experience difficulties, or make sacrifices.

A proverb. When we drove across the country, we put a lot of mileage on our car and had a flat tire, but it was a pleasant trip. "Well, you can't make an omelette without breaking some eggs," my wife said with a smile.

back-breaking

Extremely difficult and exhausting; mentally or physically taxing, to the point of action like one's anatomy or spirit will break. Though usually acclimated in advertence to concrete labor, it can accredit figuratively to any job, activity, or task. After 10 years of back-breaking action in construction, I've absitively to assuredly accompany academia. We put in months of back-breaking assignment to get accessible for our exams in May.

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