matarse trabajando

v.

to work too much, to break one's back, to toil, to hammer away.

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(v.) = work + Reflexivo + to death, work + Reflexivo + to the ground, work + Posesivo + fingers to the bone

Ex. The deportees died in part starving and freezing to death in concentration camps and in part working themselves to death under a barbaric police regimen.

Ex. Their poor mother worked herself to the ground all day long, didn't have two pennies to rub together, and they were always just a little bit hungry.

Ex. There are plenty of those out there who are working their fingers to the bone and still have a hard time keeping their heads above water.

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(v.) = work + Reflexivo + to death, work + Reflexivo + to the ground, work + Posesivo + fingers to the bone

Ex: The deportees died in part starving and freezing to death in concentration camps and in part working themselves to death under a barbaric police regimen.

Ex: Their poor mother worked herself to the ground all day long, didn't have two pennies to rub together, and they were always just a little bit hungry.

Ex: There are plenty of those out there who are working their fingers to the bone and still have a hard time keeping their heads above water.