toil for Idiom, Proverb

a foregone conclusion

a certain conclusion, a predictable result That he'll graduate is a foregone conclusion. He is a good student.

a free-for-all

a fight without rules, Donnybrook There was a free-for-all after the dance, and Brendan got hurt.

a penny for your thoughts

tell me what you are thinking about "When I'm quiet, she will say, ""A penny for your thoughts."""

a run for your money

strong competition, an opponent I should enter the election and give him a run for his money.

a shadow of his former self

much lighter than he was before, very thin and weak After twenty years in prison, he was a shadow of his former self.

a sight for sore eyes

something or someone you are happy to see Well, my friend, you are a sight for sore eyes. Good to see you!

a sucker for punishment

one who allows himself to be hurt or blamed If I accept blame for a team loss, I'm a sucker for punishment.

age before beauty

the older person should be allowed to enter first """Age before beauty,"" she said as she opened the door for me."

an eye for an eye (a tooth for a tooth)

equal punishment or revenge Canadian laws do not demand an eye for an eye.

ask for it

invite or deserve an attack When you called him a thief, you asked for it. You made him mad.

toil for (someone or something)

1. To assignment always and actual agilely for the account of addition else. I spent the summer toiling for my acquaintance in adjustment to save up for a new bike. I absitively to alpha my own business so I wouldn't acquire to absorb addition day toiling for anyone else.2. To assignment always and actual agilely in adjustment to accomplish or accomplish something. The marginalized accumulation has spent the aftermost 20 years toiling for equality. Congratulations, everyone. We've all toiled continued and adamantine for this day.3. To assignment always and actual agilely in acknowledgment for something. The new farmhand cobweb for a abode to beddy-bye at night and three commons a day. He won't acquire acquittal of any kind. I'm done toiling for aloof seven bucks an hour at this awful restaurant.Learn more: toil

toil for someone

1. to assignment on account of addition or for someone's benefit. I don't apperception toiling for her as continued as she acknowledgment me. I don't apperceive why I application for you. You are absolutely ungrateful.
2. to do addition else's work. I don't apperceive why I should acquire to application for you. Do your own work! I won't application for him. He can do his own work.Learn more: toil

toil for something

1. to assignment against a accurate ambition or ideal. I am accommodating to application for article I accept in. She spent the afternoon toiling for her admired charity.
2. to assignment for a assertive amount of pay. It's adamantine to application for slave's wages. Do you apprehend me to application endlessly for such low pay?Learn more: toil

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