- put elbow grease
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приложить руки (немало потрудиться); попотеть
This house will need a lot of elbow grease before it's comfortable enough to live in.
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put elbow grease
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Elbow grease — is an old term for working hard at manual labour or trades, as in put some elbow grease into that . It has also been used as a practical joke by master tradesperson on apprentices, e.g. Go fetch some elbow grease from him . Each tradesperson will … Wikipedia
elbow grease — {n.} Exertion; effort; energy. * / You ll have to use a little more elbow grease to get these windows clean, Mother said to Ed./ … Dictionary of American idioms
elbow grease — {n.} Exertion; effort; energy. * / You ll have to use a little more elbow grease to get these windows clean, Mother said to Ed./ … Dictionary of American idioms
elbow-grease — n. effort. □ Put out a little elbow grease. □ All this job needs is a little more elbow grease … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
elbow grease — Noun. Manual hard work. E.g. We ll never get this finished unless you put some elbow grease into that job! … English slang and colloquialisms
Use a bit of elbow grease — put more effort into what you are doing … Dictionary of Australian slang
use a bit of elbow grease — Australian Slang put more effort into what you are doing … English dialects glossary
grease — [[t]gri͟ːs[/t]] greases, greasing, greased 1) N UNCOUNT Grease is a thick, oily substance which is put on the moving parts of cars and other machines in order to make them work smoothly. ...grease stained hands. Syn: oil 2) VERB If you grease a… … English dictionary
grease — grease1 [gri:s] n [U] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: craisse, graisse, from Latin crassus thick, fat ] 1.) a fatty or oily substance that comes off meat when it is cooked, or off food made using butter or oil 2.) a thick oily substance… … Dictionary of contemporary English
work — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. job, occupation, calling, trade, profession; task, stint, employment; drudgery, toil, moil, grind, routine; function; craftsmanship, workmanship; arts and crafts, craft, handicraft; opus, production,… … English dictionary for students
exertion — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Physical effort Nouns 1. exertion, energy, effort, strain, tug, pull, stretch, struggle, trouble, pains, endeavor, action; work ethic. 2. (physical exercises) a. gymnastics, athletics, acrobatics; ariel … English dictionary for students
