nose to the grindstone英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

Used to form idioms meaning "to force someone to work hard or to focus intensely upon their work". idiomatic,obsolete

— This Text holdeth their noses so hard to the grynde stone that it clean disfigureth their faces.
Used to form idioms meaning "to force oneself to work hard or to focus intensely upon one's work". idiomatic

— People whose heads are a little up in the world, have no occasion to keep their nose to the grindstone.

副词 adv.

Hard at work. idiomatic,not-comparable

— Nose to the grindstone, he was up all night.

词形变化

noses to the grindstone plural noses to grindstones plural

词汇关系

词源

词源 1

From the literal action of intensely working a grindstone, whether powered by a treadle or waterwheel. The expression initially implied punishment or abusive management, forcing the worker into intense work, and was used in the anonymous translation (1557) of Erasmus's Merry Dialogue as a hyperbolic punishment threatened for an abusive husband. It was later adapted to forcing oneself into similarly intense effort.

词源 2

From the literal action of intensely working a grindstone, whether powered by a treadle or waterwheel. The expression initially implied punishment or abusive management, forcing the worker into intense work, and was used in the anonymous translation (1557) of Erasmus's Merry Dialogue as a hyperbolic punishment threatened for an abusive husband. It was later adapted to forcing oneself into similarly intense effort.