骨を折る（ほねをおる）

Japanese vocabulary

Meaning: to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone

Idioms & proverbs containing “骨を折る”

• 無駄骨を折る (むだぼねをおる) — to waste one's efforts; to work to no (useful) effect

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