pellejo
dejarse el pellejo
play out + Posesivo + skin
work + Posesivo + butt off
sweat + blood
slog + Posesivo + guts out
give + Posesivo + all
work + Posesivo + tail off
work + Posesivo + ass off
work + Posesivo + proverbials off
give + Posesivo + everything
James played out his skin and always led by example both in defence and attack.
They've been working their butts off since the program was launched to appease the crowd.
After spending a year sweating blood to write a novel, tossing it into a sock drawer isn't easy if you know it's good.
It is a disgrace when you consider that there are people slogging their guts out and only getting paid a minimum wage of £3.70 per hour.
Memorial Day is a day for Americans to come together and honor our military dead who gave their all so we might live in freedom.
A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.
What do you think of a woman expecting a baby working her ass off supporting a sorry ass man that will not work?.
To his credit, he's worked his proverbials off since he realised that reaching the 'Promised Land' was not just a daydream.
He'll be able to save face by showing that he gave his everything, but he won't have to suffer the consequences of actually implementing that horrible legislation.
dejarse el pellejo trabajando
work + Posesivo + fingers to the bone
go at it + hammer and tongs
work + Posesivo + to the bone
There are plenty of those out there who are working their fingers to the bone and still have a hard time keeping their heads above water.
If you make the conscious decision to go at it hammer and tongs and work yourself to the bone, then your colleagues may view your actions as something that could bring the company back from the depths.
If you make the conscious decision to go at it hammer and tongs and work yourself to the bone, then your colleagues may view your actions as something that could bring the company back from the depths.
deparse el pellejo
work + Posesivo + arse off
She did what she could and worked her arse off to complete her assignment not only on time but to the best of her abilities.
jugarse el pellejo
risk + life and limb
risk + Posesivo + neck
The draw of earning up to 30 pounds per cadaver without risking life or limb proved too tempting for some of the more barbarous resurrectionists, however, leading them to commit murder.
And the news coverage of the girl named Katrina Kivi, who'd risked her neck to speak sense into a crowd of angry students, had just begun.
jugarse la piel
risk + Posesivo + life
Risking their lives, Iraqi shepherds venture into these deadly fields to dig up mines planted during the Iran-Iraq war two decades ago.
vino nuevo en pellejos viejos [Usado para indicar que la situación actual no ha cambiado con respecto a la anterior] [Usado para indicar que la situación actual no ha cambiado con respecto a la anterior]
new wine in old wineskins
new wine in old bottles
The article 'Searching for information on the Net: new wine in old wineskins' provides a glossary of Internet network search terms.
The article 'Resource sharing of serials: old wine in new bottles or substantial changes?' reviews the history of periodicals interloans.
vino viejo en pellejos nuevos
old wine in new bottles
The article 'Cataloguing vs. metadata: old wine in new bottles?' identifies some of the fundamental differences between traditional cataloguing activity and metadata.
