banting tulang
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Compound of banting (“slam”) + tulang (“bone”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
banting tulang (active membanting tulang)
- (figurative) to work hard, to labour, to toil
Further reading edit
- “membanting tulang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.