You've got this wonderful man slogging his guts out for you, and all you do is criticize him!
After working his guts out at the gym, he spoilt it all by going straight to the pub.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
slog your guts out — work/slog/sweat/your guts out phrase to work extremely hard I worked my guts out getting my degree. Thesaurus: to work hardsynonym Main entry: guts * … Useful english dictionary
sweat (your) guts out — slog/sweat/work (your) guts out informal to work very hard or to use a lot of effort to do something. You ve got this wonderful man slogging his guts out for you, and all you do is criticize him! After working his guts out at the gym, he spoilt… … New idioms dictionary
work (your) guts out — slog/sweat/work (your) guts out informal to work very hard or to use a lot of effort to do something. You ve got this wonderful man slogging his guts out for you, and all you do is criticize him! After working his guts out at the gym, he spoilt… … New idioms dictionary
work your guts out — work/slog/sweat/your guts out phrase to work extremely hard I worked my guts out getting my degree. Thesaurus: to work hardsynonym Main entry: guts * … Useful english dictionary
sweat your guts out — work/slog/sweat/your guts out phrase to work extremely hard I worked my guts out getting my degree. Thesaurus: to work hardsynonym Main entry: guts * … Useful english dictionary
slog — 1 verb informal 1 slog (away) at especially BrE also slog through to work hard at something without stopping, especially when the work is boring or difficult: I ve been slogging away at this essay for days. | all those books we had to slog… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
slog — slog1 [ slag ] verb INFORMAL 1. ) intransitive or transitive to work hard and for a long time doing something that is difficult or boring: Most of the night was spent slogging away at the report. I slogged my way through the first 200 pages… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
guts */ — UK [ɡʌts] / US noun [plural] informal 1) the quality of being brave and determined That s what you need to be a referee – guts. have the guts to do something: She had the guts to go for what she wanted. it takes guts to do something: It takes a… … English dictionary
gut — 1 noun 1 COURAGE guts (plural) informal the courage and determination you need to do something difficult or unpleasant: Sonia succeeded through sheer guts and determination. | have the guts to do sth: No one had the guts to tell Paul what a… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
