亚洲网紅露点

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grindstone

[ grahynd-stohn ]

noun

  1. a rotating solid stone wheel used for sharpening, shaping, etc.
  2. a millstone.


grindstone

/ 藞伞谤补瑟苍诲藢蝉迟蓹蕣苍 /

noun

    1. a machine having a circular block of stone or composite abrasive rotated for sharpening tools or grinding metal
    2. the stone used in this machine
    3. any stone used for sharpening; whetstone
  1. another name for millstone
  2. keep one's nose to the grindstone or have one's nose to the grindstone
    to work hard and perseveringly
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of grindstone1

1175鈥1225; Middle English. See grind, stone
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. keep / put one's nose to the grindstone, to work, study, or practice hard and steadily or to cause someone to do so:

    If I put my nose to the grindstone, I'll finish the job this week.

More idioms and phrases containing grindstone

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Example Sentences

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If she works hard, keeps her nose to the grindstone, and remains diligent, within a few years she might even find herself making six figures.

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The other two were contorted into unnatural positions and hidden beneath a rocky overhang, broken grindstones piled on their bodies.

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The average person who 鈥渏ust puts their nose to the grindstone and goes to work, I don鈥檛 think that motivates them. I think it scares them and freezes them.鈥

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鈥淲e must put our nose to the grindstone over the next several months and focus on party unit to secure a red-wave victory in November,鈥 said Hoekstra in a statement following the RNC decision.

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鈥淚t鈥檚 just about keeping your nose to the grindstone, and when the opportunities find you, seize every moment 鈥 every opportunity you get.鈥

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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