| 释义 |
(redirected from working oneself into the ground)work (oneself) into the groundTo work oneself to the point of illness or exhaustion. If you keep working 80-hour weeks, you'll work yourself into the ground sooner than later. work (or run) yourself into the ground exhaust yourself by working or running very hard. informaldrive/run/work yourself into the ˈground work so hard that you become extremely tired: You need to be careful, or you’ll run yourself into the ground before long.With only two or three hours’ sleep a night, he was driving himself into the ground. |