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 |
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