La lista de Idioms mostradas a continuación, competen al ítem sobre calidad y esfuerzo:
Throw the baby out with the bathwater | blow hot and cold |
Break your back | a full-time job |
Put your back into sth | drop/fall into your lap |
on the ball | look to your laurels |
scrape (the bottom of) the barrel | make a meal of sth |
touch the base | burn the midnight oil |
cover/touch all the bases | go the extra mile |
not amount to a hill of beans | go through the motions |
not worth a row of beans | move mountains |
blood, sweat, and tears | not cut the mustard |
sweat blood | pass muster |
the best/greatest thing since sliced bread | grasp the nettle |
go for broke | keep your nose to the grindstone |
beat the bushes | lean/rest on your oars |
burn the candle at both ends | go into overdrive |
can’t hold a candle to sb | be in overdrive |
get/put your thinking cap on | work overdrive |
with a fine-tooth(ed) comb | not worth the paper it’s written on |
not much cop | below par |
cut corners | under par |
not at all it’s cracked up to be | not up to par |
cannot does not cut it | not a patch on sb |
a cut above (the rest) | ten/two a penny |
fire on all cylinders | hand sth to sb on a plate |
a dime a dozen | on a (silver) platter |
rough edges | the greasy pole |
elbow grease | a full-court press |
land/fall on your feet | a free ride |
not lift/raise a finger | worth their salt |
get/pull your finger out | not (come) up to scratch |
work your fingers to the bone | no great shakes |
put your best foot forward | sort out/separate the sheep from the goats |
wear yourself to a frazzle | give sth your best shot |
garbage in, garbage out | put your shoulder to the wheel |
common-or-garden | you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear |
garden-variety | roll up your sleeves |
bust a gut | up to snuff |
work your guts out | pull your socks up |
not do anything/things by halves | work your socks off |
a long haul | earn/win your spurs |
head and shoulders above sb | leave no stone unturned |
keep your head down | pull out all the stops |
get your head down | streets ahead |
work your heart out | by the sweat of your brow |
move heaven and earth | keep you on your toes |
pick holes in sth | a track record |
nothing/sth to write home about | pull your weight |
by hook or by crook | spin your wheels |
back to Thematic lis of Idioms
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