Significato: 9 to 5

n. dalle nove alle cinque, tipo di attività lavorativa che inizia alle nove del mattino e termina alle cinque del pomeriggio

work one's tail off, to Idioma

a bite to eat

a lunch, a snack We can grab a bite to eat at the arena. They sell snacks there.

a bone to pick

something to argue about, a matter to discuss "Joe sounded angry when he said, ""I have a bone to pick with you."""

a fart in a windstorm

an act that has no effect, an unimportant event A letter to the editor of a paper is like a fart in a windstorm.

a fine-toothed comb

a careful search, a search for a detail She read the file carefully - went over it with a fine-toothed comb.

a hard row to hoe

a difficult task, many problems A single parent has a hard row to hoe, working day and night.

a hot potato

a situation likely to cause trouble to the person handling it The issue of the non-union workers is a real hot potato that we must deal with.

a hot topic

popular topic, the talk of the town Sex is a hot topic. Sex will get their attention.

a into g

(See ass into gear)

a little bird told me

someone told me, one of your friends told me """How did you know that I play chess?"" ""Oh, a little bird told me."""

a party to that

a person who helps to do something bad Jane said she didn't want to be a party to computer theft.

work one's appendage off

and work one's buns off; assignment one's ass off; assignment one's base offInf. Fig. to assignment actual hard. (Use attention with butt.) I formed my appendage off to get done on time. You absorb bisected your activity alive your base off—and for what?Learn more: off, tail, work

work one's appendage off, to

To assignment actual hard. This awkward declamation dates from the aboriginal bisected of the twentieth century. James Farrell acclimated it in Studs Lonigan (1932–35): “This abstraction of afraid your appendage off with work.” It additionally is put as to assignment one’s ass or butt off. Learn added break/bust one's ass.Learn more: tail, work

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a new lease on life a notch below a nut case A-OK a pack of lies a pain in the ass a pain in the butt a paper trail a party to that a pat answer a penny for your thoughts a penny pincher a perfect stranger a pick-me-up a picture is worth a thousand words a piece of ass a piece of cake work it so (that) (something is the case) work it/things work itself out work like a beaver work like a charm work like a dog work like a dream work like a horse work like a mule work like a slave work like a Trojan work like magic work miracles work nights work of art work off work on work on (someone or something) work on all cylinders work one’s ass off work one’s buns off work one’s butt off work one’s tail off work one's fingers to the bone work one's fingers to the bone, to work one's tail off, to work one's way work oneself into a lather work oneself up work oneself up into work oneself up into a lather work oneself up to something work out work out all right work out for the best work out of work over work smarter, not harder work some fat off work someone over work spouse work tail off work the crowd work the oracle work the problem work the rabbit's foot on work the rabbit's foot on (someone) work the room work the soul case out of work things out work things so (that) (something is the case)