今日短語

非正式表達 work your socks off “拼命地干活，連襪子都掉了”被用來形容為達成目標而十分勤奮、努力地做某事。

例句

I worked my socks off at university and graduated with a great degree.

If you want to progress in this company you'll have to work your socks off.

She earns a lot of money, but I know she really work her socks off.

請注意

另一個相似的短語 work it off 或 work off 通常指通過鍛煉來消耗掉吃下的食物轉化成的熱量。

例句

When I've eaten too much, I usually try to work it off by going for a long run.

I can't believe I've just eaten two chocolate bars. That's going to take about an hour on the exercise bike to work off.