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They really worked their hearts off

Posted: March 15, 2023 | Author: | Filed under: Uncategorized |Leave a comment

There was a story on the news about upgrade work being done at a local historical site.  The person being interviewed said “they really worked their hearts off”. This is a nice congruent conflation of “work (one’s) tail/butt off” and “work (one’s) heart out”, both meaning to work very hard at something. Hearts off to Dave Julian for hearing this one and sending it in! 

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