"break your back" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 拼命工作

Definition

非常努力地工作，常常付出极大努力甚至感到筋疲力尽，通常是为了达成目标或帮助他人。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

这是个非正式的习语，强调辛苦努力而不是字面意思。常用来描述耗尽体力去完成某事或表达无奈和抱怨。

Examples

He breaks his back to provide for his family.

他**拼命工作**养家糊口。

Don’t break your back finishing this project tonight.

今晚别为完成这个项目**拼命工作**了。

She broke her back cleaning the whole house before the guests arrived.

她在客人来之前**拼命打扫**了整个房子。

I’m not going to break my back for a boss who doesn’t care.

我才不想为一个不在乎我的老板**拼命工作**。

You shouldn’t have to break your back just to get a small promotion.

你没必要只是为了一个小升职就**拼命工作**。

After years of breaking his back, he finally opened his own store.

多年**拼命工作**后，他终于开了自己的店。