Meaning:
It’s time for me (us) to go back to work
Examples:
- Listen, I'd better get back to the salt mines.
- You know, so back to the salt mines of government.
- Well, here you are, back to the salt mines.
- Well, uh, back to the salt mines, I guess.
- Then it's back to the salt mines.
- Then it's back to the salt mines.
- Well, back to the salt mines.
- I see, yes. Back to the salt mines.
- Back to the salt mines?