今日短語
非正式表達(dá) work your socks off “拼命地干活,連襪子都掉了”被用來形容為達(dá)成目標(biāo)而十分勤奮、努力地做某事。
例句
I worked my socks off at university and graduated with a great degree.
If you want to progress in this company you'll have to work your socks off.
She earns a lot of money, but I know she really work her socks off.
請注意
另一個(gè)相似的短語 work it off 或 work off 通常指通過鍛煉來消耗掉吃下的食物轉(zhuǎn)化成的熱量。
例句
When I've eaten too much, I usually try to work it off by going for a long run.
I can't believe I've just eaten two chocolate bars. That's going to take about an hour on the exercise bike to work off.