keep your nose to the grindstone

뜻

to keep working hard without stopping

쉬지 않고 열심히 일하다.

예문

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?

문법

keep과 소유격이 모두 바뀌며, 소유격은 주어에 맞춘다. 주어가 복수여도 nose는 단수로 쓴다.

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