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【No. 1650】Mi wo Ko ni Suru (身を粉にする - Working Hard)

Jun 25, 2019 09:54
Mi wo Ko ni Suru

I am working while mi wo ko ni suru/shite (身を粉にする/して).

Since mi (身) means "body" and ko/kona (粉) means "powder," the literal meaning of mi wo ko ni suru is "to grind one's body into powder."

This idiom expresses that someone works as hard as the body becomes powdery.

It is often used as mi wo ko ni shite hataraku (身を粉にして働く "to work one's finger to the bone") by adding the verb hataraku (働く - "to work").
身を粉にする

私は「身を粉にして」働いています。

「身」は "body"、「粉」は "powder" を意味するので、「身を粉にする」の文字どおりの意味は "to grind one's body into powder" です。

この慣用句は、身体が粉のようになるほど労力を惜しまず一生懸命に何かに取り組むさまを表しています。

"To work" を意味する「働く」をつけて、「身を粉にして働く」のように使われることが多いです。

Corrections (1)

No. 1　Yalmar
  • Mi wo Ko ni Suru (身を粉にする - Working Hard)
  • This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
  • Mi wo Ko ni Suru
  • This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
  • I am working while 'mi wo ko ni suru/shite' (身を粉にする/して).
  • This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
  • Since 'mi' (身) means "body" and 'ko/kona' (粉) means "powder," the literal meaning of 'mi wo ko ni suru' is "to grind one's body into powder."
  • This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
  • This idiom expresses that someone works as hard as the body becomes powdery.
  • This idiom expresses that someone works so hard that their body becomes powder.
  • It is often used as 'mi wo ko ni shite hataraku' (身を粉にして働く "to work one's finger to the bone") by adding the verb 'hataraku' (働く - "to work").
  • This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!

This is a rather useful expression :)

Toru
Thank you always for correcting my post! :)
Yalmar
No problem! :)

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