nose to the grindstone 관용구

keep your nose to the grindstone

continue to work hard Keep your nose to the grindstone and you'll pass the final exam.

put one's nose to the grindstone

Idiom(s): put one's nose to the grindstone

Theme: EFFORT

to keep busy doing one's work. (Also with have and get, as in the examples.)
• The boss told me to put my nose to the grindstone.
• I've had my nose to the grindstone ever since I started working here.
• If the other people in this office would get their noses to the grindstone, more work would get done.

keep one's nose to the grindstone

Idiom(s): keep one's nose to the grindstone

Theme: BUSY

to keep busy continuously over a period of time.
• The manager told me to keep my nose to the grindstone or be fired.
• Keep your nose to the grindstone, and you will prosper.

hold one's nose to the grindstone|grindstone|have|

v. phr., informal To work hard all the time; keep busy with boring or tiresome work. Sarah keeps her nose to the grindstone and saves as much as possible to start her own business.

nose to the grindstone, keep one's

nose to the grindstone, keep one's
Stay hard at work, as in We expect John to get good grades again, since he really keeps his nose to the grindstone. This expression, first recorded in 1539, alludes to a tool that must be sharpened by being held to a grindstone.