Meaning of WORK YOUR BUTT OFF - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles #shorts

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So when you live on a farm you have to work your butt off.
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This is a slang saying that means to work really, really hard, and you'll want to be
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careful when you use it because the word "butt" refers to, you know the part of your body
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at the top of your legs and below your back and if you work really, really hard you are
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described as working your butt off.
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If you work on a farm, if you live on a farm you tend to work your butt off because a lot
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of the work that we do is difficult work.
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It's work that you have to do with your hands.
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There isn't always machines to do the work that we do on the farm.
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In the next couple of days we'll be doing a lot of hay on the farm and we'll be working
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our butts off.
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