elbow grease

No matter the season, no matter the baker’s skill level, no matter the style of cake, there will inevitably be a delirious scramble to cool a cake through the velocity of a baking sheet and the sheer power of elbow grease.

As you could probably guess, the big difference between these two options is how much elbow grease you feel like putting into grinding your beans.

The tools don’t require batteries—they run on elbow grease—which is fine for a basic repair kit.

High-pressure concentrated steam wipes out dirt with no additional cleaning solvent or elbow grease required.

There was an old adage to the effect that some imaginary substance called elbow grease was necessary in kneading bread.

There it is; that's Injun tan, an' I hope you see that elbow grease is the main thing in tannin'.

"Laws, honey, dey need elbow-grease," and the old woman laughed heartily.

"Put a little more elbow grease to it," continued the burnisher's wife.

The elbow-grease of thinking was always distasteful to him, and had no doubt been so when he conceived and carried out this work.