work like a horse

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

work like a horse (third-person singular simple present works like a horse, present participle working like a horse, simple past and past participle worked like a horse)

1. (simile, idiomatic, informal) To work very hard; to toil.

Synonyms

• work like a dog
• work like a mule
• work like a nailer
• work like a Trojan

Translations

to work very hard; toil

• Hungarian: dolgozik, mint egy ló
• Korean: 소처럼 일하다 (socheoreom ilhada)
• Spanish: trabajar como un condenado, dar el callo, batirse el cobre
• Vietnamese: quần quật (vi)

See also

• workhorse
• piss like a racehorse, eat like a horse

Further reading

• “work like a horse”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• work like a horse, work like a dog, work like a mule at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.