break the back of something

成語所屬單字back

break the back of something — 慣用語

1. To finish the largest or most difficult part of a task.

1.慣用語
釋義

完成大部分

To finish the largest or most difficult part of a task.

例句

We broke the back of the project by completing the research phase.

After three hours, I finally broke the back of the cleaning.