your ass off

your ass off
(your) ass off with great effort.

I'm working my ass off right now on my chemistry homework.

Usage notes: often follows -ing forms of verbs, like working, laughing, or talking
Related vocabulary: your brains out

New idioms dictionary. 2014.

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