nose to the grindstone
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The average person who “just puts their nose to the grindstone and goes to work, I don’t think that motivates them. I think it scares them and freezes them.”
From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2024
I kept my nose to the grindstone, as they say.
From New York Times • Oct. 4, 2022
“There’s a lot of people who still have need, and that’s why we’ve still got our nose to the grindstone, but this is a significant indicator of progress,” Poyo said.
From Washington Post • Feb. 24, 2022
I just keep my nose to the grindstone and keep trying to do the best in everything that I do.
From Fox News • Oct. 30, 2021
No, now that he had arrived, he must keep his nose to the grindstone.
From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie
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