KEEP ONE`S NOSE TO THE GRINDSTONE

Meaning of KEEP ONE`S NOSE TO THE GRINDSTONE in English

work hard or keep busy for a long time He has been keeping his nose to the grindstone all year so that he can save up enough money for a new car.

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

KEEP ONE'S NOSE TO THE GRINDSTONE — work hard and continuously. → grinding
Concise Oxford English vocab
KEEP ONE'S NOSE TO THE GRINDSTONE — = hold one's nose to the grindstone
Slang English vocab
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GRINDSTONE — mol; slif-petre, slifuore
English interlingue dictionary
GRINDSTONE — (Noun) galingan
English-Visayan vocabulary
GRINDSTONE — noun Date: 13th century millstone 1, a flat circular stone of natural sandstone that revolves on an axle and is …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NOSE — I. ˈnōz noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nosu; akin to Old English nasu nose, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
GRINDSTONE — ˈgrīn(d)zˌtōn, -)ˌstōn, archaic or dial ˈgrinztən or -in(t)st- noun Etymology: Middle English grindston, from grinden to grind + ston stone …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GRINDSTONE — (n.) A flat, circular stone, revolving on an axle, for grinding or sharpening tools, or shaping or smoothing objects.
Английский словарь Webster
GRINDSTONE — ( n. ) A flat, circular stone, revolving on an axle, for grinding or sharpening tools, or shaping or smoothing …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NOSE — — noseless , adj. — noselike , adj. /nohz/ , n. , v. , nosed, nosing . n. 1. the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KEEP — — keepable , adj. — keepability , n. /keep/ , v. , kept, keeping , n. v.t. 1. to hold …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GRINDSTONE — /gruynd"stohn'/ , n. 1. a rotating solid stone wheel used for sharpening, shaping, etc. 2. a millstone. 3. keep or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GRINDSTONE — n. stone used for sharpening or grinding; millstone
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NOSE — I. ˈnōz noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nosu; akin to Old High German nasa nose, Latin nasus Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KEEP — I. ˈkēp verb ( kept ˈkept ; keep·ing ) Etymology: Middle English kepen, from Old English cēpan; perhaps akin to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GRINDSTONE — noun Date: 13th century 1. : millstone 1 2. : a flat circular stone of natural sandstone that revolves on …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NOSE — noun the power of smelling; hence, scent. 2. nose ·vi to pry officiously into what does not concern one. 3. …
Webster English vocab
KEEP — vt to have habitually in stock for sale. 2. keep ·noun that which is kept in charge; a charge. 3. …
Webster English vocab
NOSE — [nose] n [ME, fr. OE nosu; akin to OHG nasa nose, L nasus] (bef. 12c) 1 a: the part of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
KEEP — [keep] vb kept ; keep.ing [ME kepen, fr. OE cepan; perh. akin to OHG chapfen to look] vt (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GRINDSTONE — grindstone BrE AmE ˈɡraɪn d stəʊn AmE \ -stoʊn ▷ grindstone|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NOSE — / nəʊz; NAmE noʊz/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] the part of the face that sticks …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KEEP — / kiːp; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( kept , kept / kept; NAmE /) STAY 1. to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NOSE — I. nose 1 S2 W2 /nəʊz $ noʊz/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: nosu ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
KEEP — I. keep 1 S1 W1 /kiːp/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle kept /kept/) [ Word Family: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GRINDSTONE — grind ‧ stone /ˈɡraɪndstəʊn $ -stoʊn/ BrE AmE noun [countable] a large round stone that turns like a wheel, and …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NOSE — n. & v. --n. 1 an organ above the mouth on the face or head of a human or animal, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
GRINDSTONE — n. 1 a thick revolving disc used for grinding, sharpening, and polishing. 2 a kind of stone used for this. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NOSE — n. & v. n. 1 an organ above the mouth on the face or head of a human or animal, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
KEEP
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GRINDSTONE — n. 1 a thick revolving disc used for grinding, sharpening, and polishing. 2 a kind of stone used for this. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
NOSE — n. & v. --n. 1. an organ above the mouth on the face or head of a human or animal, …
Oxford English vocab
KEEP
Oxford English vocab
GRINDSTONE — n.1 a thick revolving disc used for grinding, sharpening, and polishing. 2 a kind of stone used for this. Phrases …
Oxford English vocab
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NOSE — ( noses, nosing, nosed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Your nose …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KEEP — ( keeps, keeping, kept) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If someone …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GRINDSTONE — ( grindstones) A grindstone is a large round stone that turns like a wheel and is used for sharpening knives …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GRINDSTONE — noun PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES keep your nose to the grindstone EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ At the distillery, workers mash …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
KEEP — (STAY) [verb] [past:] kept - to (cause to) stay in a particular place or conditionI wish you'd keep quiet. [L …
Cambridge English vocab
NOSE — (BODY PART), [slang] snout [noun] [C] - the part of the face that sticks out above the mouth through which …
Cambridge English vocab
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
NOSE — See: COUNT HEADS or COUNT NOSES, CUT OFF ONE'S NOSE TO SPITE ONE'S FACE, FOLLOW ONE'S NOSE, GO INTO A …
Slang English vocab
GRINDSTONE — See: KEEP ONE'S NOSE TO THE GRINDSTONE.
Slang English vocab
NOSE — As plain as the nose on your face; evidently to be seen. He is led by the nose; he is …
Slang English vocab
KEEP — INDEX: to keep/continue to have 1. to keep something and not sell it or give or throw it away 2. …
Longman Activator English vocab
NOSE — n. 25B6; noun a punch on the nose : snout, muzzle, proboscis, trunk; informal beak, conk, snoot, schnozzle, hooter, sniffer. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
KEEP
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
KEEP — v. 1 retain, hold, hang on to, preserve, conserve, have, save, maintain, control The difficulty is not in making money …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
NOSE — See: COUNT HEADS or COUNT NOSES, CUT OFF ONE'S NOSE TO SPITE ONE'S FACE, FOLLOW ONE'S NOSE, GO INTO A …
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