break one's back | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Alternative form ofbreak the back of(overburden), when applied to oneself.1996,"Weird Al" Yankovic, “The Night Santa Went Crazy”, inBad Hair Day‎[1]:They're talkin' bout the night Santa went crazyThe night St. Nicholas flippedBroke his backfor some milk and cookiesSounds to me like he was tired of gettin' gypped2008, Stuart Smith,The Mad Ramblings of a Monkey: The Nefarious Project, page17:See, it's not that I'm a disagreeable person. I just have a motto that I won't break. If I'm asked to do something, I'llbreak my backto see that it's done.; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seebreak,‎back.

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