Cliché: work your fingers to the bone

(re-entered for 04.05.06)

Meaning: Work extremely hard. Origins and meanings.
Rewrite 1: work the prints off your fingers
Rewrite 2: work the heel off your foot
Rewrite 3: run the treadⁿ³ off your tires
Rewrite 4: work the hands^n3a off your clock

Comment: This is about showing definitive results from extreme effort.

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