
work one's butt off 很努力地(做一件事)
A: I can't believe all my work is gone just like this. I've worked my butt off on this all day.
A: 我不敢相信我的心血就這樣丟掉了!我今天整天辛辛苦苦都在搞這個!
B: What happened? Computer crashed?
B: 怎么啦? 計算機當了嗎?
發現美語里不少口語都跟"butt"(屁屁)有關, 像 "kick ass"、"kiss ass"(見本單元第一頁)。 這里的"work one's butt off" 也是。還有一個"freeze one's butt off"(冷得把屁屁凍僵)也是喔!