elbow grease

Removing a popcorn ceiling can be messy and tedious, but with proper planning, safety precautions and some elbow grease, you can transform an outdated texture and reveal a clean, smooth surface.

His quick progression separates him from others his guitar coach, Matt Benham, has taught, and a big part of that is elbow grease.

“Good things turn into bad, bad things turn good. So it all works out with a little elbow grease.”

Even though, yes, you may need a bit more elbow grease that you typically associate with weeknight cooking, I've never grasped why risotto has become such a culinary bogeyman for so many people.

“It seems like magic, but of course there’s all this elbow grease that’s gone into the recognition.”