Anonymous  +  305392 Tue, 19 Dec 06 05:34 PM Hi, Is there an idiomatic phrase/sentence to designate someone who is very serious, motivated and hard-working ? How would you  put it ? Thanks Cheyenne Anonymous

	nona the brit  +  305491 Tue, 19 Dec 06 10:17 PM They have their nose to the grindstone. nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,713 The name says it all.

	Philip  +  305568 Wed, 20 Dec 06 02:31 AM Go-getter. Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Veteran Member 8,726 At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen

	Marius Hancu  +  305726 Wed, 20 Dec 06 02:08 PM  Philip wrote: Go-getter. This is more related to showing/having initiative to me. ------ go-getter    : an enterprising pushing often aggressive person who goes after and gets what he wants : HUSTLER <a nation of doers and go-getters -- Telford Taylor> <live wires and go-getters are ... heroes to the bulk of the people -- School & Society> http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com ---------- How about the "live wire" here? Didn't know about it in this sense. Marius Hancu

	Marius Hancu  +  305822 Wed, 20 Dec 06 06:42 PM >pie in the sky Nope, that's: An empty wish or promise, http://www.answers.com/topic/pie-in-the-sky Marius Hancu

	Annvan  +  305870 Wed, 20 Dec 06 10:18 PM If someone "pulls out all the stops" - they make a very great effort to achieve something. However, this tends to describe someone's action in a specific situation, rather than someone's character. ... Though I suppose you could describe a person as "someone who always pulls out all the stops". Annvan Joined on Mon, Sep 4 2006 The Philippines Regular Member 618

	Inchoateknowledge  +  306873 Sun, 24 Dec 06 11:52 AM http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=37012&dict=CALD http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=24464&dict=CALD buscando algo de sentido figurado Inchoateknowledge Joined on Wed, May 3 2006 Senior Member 2,549 Beep! Beep! :)