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A Mars a day helps you work, rest and play ( Mars Chocolate advertising slogan )
A lot on your plate ( having many responsibilities )
A
work
in progress
Ads
work
harder in the new Granada ( Granada advertising slogan )
All in a day's
work
All my own
work
All
work
and no play makes Jack a dull boy
Alpha Mom ( an ambitious mother who aims to excel at
work
while raising children )
Axe to
grind
Beads of
sweat
Beast of burden
Beast of the fields
Blood,
sweat
and tears
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Break out in a cold
sweat
Break
sweat
Bump and
grind
Bury yourself in your
work
By the
sweat
of his brow
Close enough for government
work
Cold
sweat
Come out in a cold
sweat
Daily
grind
( the daily routine of a dull or boring job )
Dirty
work
at the crossroads
Don't let the bastards
grind
you down
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Don't
sweat
it
Don't
sweat
the small stuff
Donkey
work
Double, double toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble
Fruits of your
labour
Get behind in your
work
Go to
work
on an egg ( British Egg Marketing Board advertising slogan )
Grind
to a halt
Hard
labour
Hard
work
never did anyone any harm
Hard
work
never killed anyone
Have your
work
cut out for you
Horses sweat, men perspire, women merely glow
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't
work
( Thomas Edison quotation )
I have nothing to offer but blood toil tears and
sweat
( Winston Churchill quotation )
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If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no
work
for tinkers
Imagination at
Work
( General Electric advertising slogan )
In a cold
sweat
Keep up the good
work
Labour
in vain
Labour
intensive
Labour
of love
Labour
pains
Labour
saving device
Labour
under a misapprehension
Last ditch
effort
Life is our life's
Work
( Pfizer advertising slogan )
Line of
work
Loves
Labour
Lost
Maid of all
work
Make light
work
of
Make short
work
of
Many hands make light
work
Nasty piece of
work
Never do a stroke of
work
Nice
work
if you can get it
No
sweat
Office
work
Old
sweat
Only fools and horses
work
Pressure of
work
Real piece of
work
Running with
sweat
Scrape a living
Slog
away
Spade
work
Strike out swinging ( A baseball expression meaning to fail while giving it your best
effort
)
Sweat
blood
Sweat
like a pig
The Devil finds
work
for idle hands to do
The Internet at
Work
( UUNET advertising slogan )
This Woman's
Work
( Kate Bush song )
We Can
Work
It Out ( Beatles song )
We make things that make communications
work
( Lucent Technologies advertising slogan )
What a piece of
work
is man
Whistle while you
work
Why do only fools and horses work?
Woman's
work
is never done
Work
both sides of the street
Work
expands so as to fill the time available
Work
hard. Fly right ( Continental Airlines advertising slogan )
Work
it
Work
itself up into a lather
Work
life balance
Work
like a Trojan
Work
like a beaver
Work
like a dog
Work
of art
Work
one's fingers to the bone
Work
the phone
Work
the rabbit's foot on
Work
to rule
Work
wonders
Work
your ass off
Work
your butt off
Work
your ticket
Work
yourself into the ground
You don't have to be mad to
work
here, but it helps