He is an eager beaver.=work hard. work with a will 부지런히 일하다

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diligence = industry, assiduity, sedulity, 근면

eager beaver 일벌레, 노력가. busy bee 부지런한 일꾼(hard worker)

He is an eager beaver.

She’s a very hard worker and very eager to please.

work like a tiger 맹렬히 일하다

sweat blood ① 피땀 흘려 일하다(work very hard) ② 몹시 걱정하다

sweat away 땀흘리며 일하다

beaver away= work like a beaver. work hard. work with a will, toil away, toil and moil, work up to the collar, knock oneself out, hammer away, go [be, hammer away] at it dingdong 부지런히 일하다

pound one’s tail = work one’s tail off, grub along 열심히 일하다

grub along from day to day 매일 열심히 일하다

no work, no grub 일하지 않는 자는 먹지도 말라.

He had been beavering away at his homework half the night.

hammer away ① 탕탕치다(at) hammer awat at the table ② 부지런히 일하다 ③ ~을 반복하여 강조하다(at)

She hammered away at her speech for days. 그녀는 몇칠 동안이나 연설을 끊기있게 해냈다.

work like a nigger 뼈빠지게 일한다