work like a horse

To work with great intensity, energy, and persistence. That guy has been working like a horse hauling rubble from the collapsed building. We worked like horses to get all of the landscaping done before winter weather set in.

See also: horse, like, work

See also:

dag
fly out of the traps
do something with a vengeance
do with a vengeance
with a vengeance
give it some stick
like a man/woman possessed
like a person possessed
go for the fences
stick-to-itiveness

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