keep your nose to the grindstone

意味

to keep working hard without stopping

休まずに懸命に働き続ける.

例文

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?

文法

keep も所有格も変わり、所有格は主語に合わせる。主語が複数でも nose は単数のまま。

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