work like a dog
Example Sentences
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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
A man can work like a dog, and along comes a drouth or chinch bugs or too much rain during the haying season and, presto, all his fond hopes are knocked sky high.”
From Chicken Little Jane on the Big John by Ritchie, Lily Munsell
