back to the salt mines

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back to the salt mines 的定义

  1. Resume work, usually with some reluctance, as in With my slavedriver of a boss, even on Saturdays it's back to the salt mines. This term alludes to the Russian practice of punishing prisoners by sending them to work in the salt mines of Siberia. Today the term is only used ironically. [Late 1800s] Also see keep one's nose to the grindstone.

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back to the salt mines

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  1. France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
  2. Think back to the Bush-Kerry race of 2004, the Thrilla in Vanilla.
  3. Back in New York, the slow pace and inward focus of her yoga practice was less fulfilling.
  4. Music is a huge part of the tone of Black Dynamite overall—going back to the original 2009 movie on which the series is based.
  5. The al Qaeda-linked gunmen shot back, but only managed to injure one officer before they were taken out.
  6. I waited three months more, in great impatience, then sent him back to the same post, to see if there might be a reply.
  7. Ages back—let musty geologists tell us how long ago—'twas a lake, larger than the Lake of Geneva.
  8. The boys were tumbling about, clinging to his legs, imploring that numerous things be brought back to them.
  9. With a suffocating gasp, she fell back into the chair on which she sat, and covered her face with her hands.
  10. Each day she resolved, "To-morrow I will tell Felipe;" and when to-morrow came, she put it off again.