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work like a dog





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You could work like a dog, because farm dogs work all day.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 11, 2019

I don't blame someone for not wanting to work like a dog for $7.25 an hour.

From Economist ● Dec. 18, 2013

"He makes you work like a dog," says Osvaldo.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 17, 2011

He had to work like a dog to get in shape, and then keep refusing commissions that were offered to him, because a commission would "separate him" from other men.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had to be driven to work like a dog.

From By Right of Conquest A Novel by Arthur Hornblow


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