keep your nose to the grindstone

معنی

to keep working hard without stopping

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مثال‌ها

1. 1Ben kept his nose to the grindstone all summer and passed every module.
2. 2If you keep your nose to the grindstone, the backlog will be gone by Friday.
3. 3Aisha keeps her nose to the grindstone while the rest of us chat.
4. 4You cannot keep your nose to the grindstone for forty years without a break.
5. 5Do you really keep your nose to the grindstone every single evening?

دستور زبان

هم keep و هم صفت ملکی تغییر می‌کنند و صفت ملکی با فاعل مطابقت می‌کند. nose حتی با فاعل جمع مفرد می‌ماند.

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