use some elbow grease
делать какое-либо усилие
The car was awfully dirty, and I used some elbow grease to clean it.
Другие идиомы:
- use every trick in the book
- use strong language
- use up
- use (someone or something) as an excuse
- all thumbs
- armpit of (somewhere)
- bite one's nails
- closefisted (with money)
- come/go away empty-handed
- control (someone) with an iron fist
- cross (someone's) palm with silver
- elbow (someone) out of (something)
- someone's fingerprints are on (something)
- give (someone or something) the thumbs up
- grease (someone's) palm