effort *****
elbow grease
exertion
travail ,
sweat **

"Basically the secret to all these things is elbow grease," she said.

A little experience, elbow grease and heart can sometimes take you much further.

"Yeah, well, I guess we're just going to have to use a little elbow grease."

It seemed simple, although in practice this part required some elbow grease.

It doesn't take long, with a little elbow grease, for the kids' heart to shine through.

To get outside, the captain and his party would have to use a little elbow grease.

Development is now clearly about elbow grease, not canned ideas.

"All it really needs is a little professional elbow grease."

Worse one I had was to go and get some elbow grease.

But not all of the money went for elbow grease.