KEEP YOUR NOSE TO THE GRINDSTONE

Meaning of KEEP YOUR NOSE TO THE GRINDSTONE in English

continue to work hard Keep your nose to the grindstone and you'll pass the final exam.

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

KEEP YOUR NOSE TO THE GRINDSTONE — ( informal ) to work hard for a long period of time without stopping
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KEEP YOUR NOSE TO THE GRINDSTONE — continue to work hard Keep your nose to the grindstone and you'll pass the final exam.
English Idioms vocabulary
YOUR
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
KEEP
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
YOUR — I. Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ēower (used as gen. of gē you); akin to Old High German iuwēr …
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
KEEP
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
YOUR — /yoor, yawr, yohr/ ; unstressed /yeuhr/ , pron. 1. (a form of the possessive case of you used as an …
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
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
YOUR — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ēower; akin to Old English ēow you — more at you Date: before …
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
YOUR — / jɔː(r); NAmE jʊr weak form jə(r)/ determiner (the possessive form of you ) 1. of or belonging to the …
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
YOUR — your S1 W1 /jə; strong jɔː $ jər strong jɔːr/ BrE AmE determiner [possessive form of ‘you’] [ Language: Old …
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
NOSE — n. & v. --n. 1 an organ above the mouth on the face or head of a human or animal, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
KEEP
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
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
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
YOUR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Your' is the second person possessive …
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
NOSE
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
YOUR — [determiner]Your means of or belonging to people generally.Garlic is good for your blood.Of course you want the best for your …
Cambridge English vocab
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
KEEP
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 …
Словарь английских идиом
GRINDSTONE — See: KEEP ONE'S NOSE TO THE GRINDSTONE.
Словарь английских идиом
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NOSE — 1. сущ. 1) а) нос to pick one's nose ≈ ковырять в носу to speak through one's nose ≈ гнусавить, …
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