骨ほね折おり損ぞんのくたびれ儲もうけ

expression

all that effort for nothing; much ado about nothing

Idiomatic expression meaning that one's hard work resulted only in fatigue, with no reward or benefit. Often used when effort is wasted or unrecognized.

• 徹てつ夜やで準じゅん備びしたのに会かい議ぎが中ちゅう止しになって、まさに骨ほね折おり損ぞんのくたびれ儲もうけだった。

  I stayed up all night preparing, but the meeting was canceled—it was truly all that effort for nothing.