VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Break your back

Meaning:

If you break your back to do something, you work very hard to do it.

Examples:

  • Break your back working all day.
  • It won't break your back but it's work and no mistake.
  • Go on. Say it before I break your back.
  • The turbulence could break your back.
  • A 2 by 5 like this will not break your back.
  • You're gonna break your neck, you're gonna break your back, okay?
  • It's better to use your head than break your back, I always say.
  • If you stand like that, you might break your back!
  • Well don't break your back, you know, enjoy your vacation.
  • Yeah, don't break your back lugging that trunk Full of war paint.