Associations to the word «Backbreaking»

Wiktionary

BACKBREAKING, adjective. (figuratively) Of work, very physically tiring.

Dictionary definition

BACKBREAKING, adjective. Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace".

Wise words

Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
Baruch Spinoza