mettre les bouchées doubles

The French expression “mettre les bouchées doubles” translates literally to “to put in double mouthfuls”.

English meanings:

• redouble your efforts
• to work twice as hard
• to double your efforts

French meanings:

• redoubler d’efforts – to double your efforts
• travailler encore plus dur – to work even harder

Example sentence:

• J’ai beaucoup de travail a faire avant les vacances et je dois mettre les bouchées doubles. I have a lot of work to do before vacation and I have to double my efforts.

Synonyms:

• travailler d’arrache-pied – keep your nose to the grindstone
• travailler dur – to word hard
• travailler fort – to work hard (Canada)

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