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Today's Idiom = "Keeping One's Nose To The Grindstone"

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Keeping One's Nose To The Grindstone ( workng away and not letting oneself be distracted ... )
"keeping one's nose to the grindstone"



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Common variations of this idiom: Keeping One's Nose To The Grindstone, Keep One's Nose To The Grindstone,