Idiom
bust one's balls
Meaning
To work very hard; to put in a lot of effort.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He is busting his balls to finish the project on time.”
“She has been busting her balls all week to prepare for the big presentation, so she deserves a break.”
“Despite busting his balls for years to build the company from nothing, he found himself facing unexpected bankruptcy when the market suddenly collapsed.”
Examples
simple
“He is busting his balls to finish the project on time.”
contextual
“She has been busting her balls all week to prepare for the big presentation, so she deserves a break.”
complex
“Despite busting his balls for years to build the company from nothing, he found himself facing unexpected bankruptcy when the market suddenly collapsed.”
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