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
I go out 'long about sun-up an' work like a dog all day, an' then when I come in to supper what happens?
From Viola Gwyn by McCutcheon, George Barr
