汗あせ水みず流ながす

expression, godan verb (-su)

sweat and slave; toil away

Idiomatic expression emphasizing hard physical labor; often used in the form 汗水流して (sweating and toiling) to describe working strenuously.

• 父ちちは汗あせ水みず流ながして家か族ぞくを養やしなった。

  My father sweated and toiled to support the family.

• 汗あせ水みず流ながして働はたらいても、なかなか生せい活かつは楽らくにならない。

  Even though I work my fingers to the bone, life doesn't get any easier.