bust a gut

bust a gut
bust a gut (informal)
To make a great deal of strenuous effort
• • •
Main Entry:gut

* * *

bust a gut informal phrase
to try extremely hard to achieve something

I nearly bust a gut trying to get the job finished on time.

Thesaurus: to try hard to do or get somethingsynonym
Main entry: gut

* * *

informal make a strenuous effort

a problem which nobody is going to bust a gut trying to solve

* * *

bust a gut (also bust your gut)
informal
1 : to work or try extremely hard

We're going to have to bust a gut to finish this project on time.

2 US : to laugh in an uncontrolled way

I thought I'd bust a gut (laughing) when you showed up in that silly outfit.

• • •
Main Entry:gut

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • bust a gut — (laughing) informal to laugh a lot. I bust a gut laughing at his imitation of the Queen …   New idioms dictionary

  • bust a gut — ► bust a gut informal make a strenuous effort. Main Entry: ↑gut …   English terms dictionary

  • bust a gut — informal to work very hard or to make a big effort to achieve something. I really bust a gut to get that report finished on time …   New idioms dictionary

  • bust a gut — informal to try extremely hard to achieve something I nearly bust a gut trying to get the job finished on time …   English dictionary

  • bust a gut laughing — bust a gut (laughing) informal to laugh a lot. I bust a gut laughing at his imitation of the Queen …   New idioms dictionary

  • bust a gut (doing something do something) — bust a ˈgut (doing sth/to do sth) idiom (informal) to make a great effort to do sth • It s a problem which nobody is going to bust a gut trying to solve. Main entry: ↑bustidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • bust a gut (doing to do something) — bust a ˈgut (doing sth/to do sth) idiom (informal) to make a great effort to do sth • It s a problem which nobody is going to bust a gut trying to solve. Main entry: ↑bustidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • bust a gut (to do something) — tv. to make a great effort (to do something). (Usually objectionable.) □ I busted a gut trying to get just the thing you wanted! D Don’t bust a gut, but try to get here on time …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • bust a gut — informal make a strenuous effort. → gut …   English new terms dictionary

  • Bust a gut — to work hard …   Dictionary of Australian slang

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”