elbow grease

Kahulugan

hard physical effort, especially when cleaning

Matinding pisikal na pagsisikap, lalo na sa paglilinis.

Mga halimbawa

1. 1The oven looked hopeless, but a bit of elbow grease made it shine again.
2. 2Getting the old paint off the door took a lot of elbow grease.
3. 3These pans can’t go in the dishwasher, so they’ll need some elbow grease.
4. 4With enough elbow grease, the rusty bike looked almost new by Sunday.
5. 5Forget fancy sprays; what this carpet really needs is elbow grease.

Grammar

Uncountable noun: walang a at walang plural. Madalas itong ginagamit pagkatapos ng some, a bit of o a lot of.