work all the hours God sends BrE informal

She works all the hours God sends, and then makes time to deal with the likes of you.

I don't want you to start getting into the habit of working all the hours God sends.

"It was very stressful trying to find the money to pay him with my husband working all the hours God sends.

For not working all the hours God sends.

I'll be working all the hours God sends on this rape investigation and there's going to be no time for anything else.

Calls it the American disease, working all the hours God sends you.'

My team have worked all the hours God sends on this and I am not about to sacrifice our momentum.

Yes, it's those rotten chavs again, refusing to work all the hours God sends for a few pennies – they'll be wanting toilet breaks next!

Megan, Cheshire, UK "I work all the hours God sends to pay my bills, feed my family, pay my mortgage.

When you are a shepherdess, entrusted with the care and safety of flocks of ewes and lambs and working all the hours God sends, fashion is hardly a priority.

To earn a living, she works all the hours God sends as a beauty technician in the spa the couple used to own, but were forced to sell after losing at least £500,000 on it.

All Premiership clubs take it for granted that their medics will be working all the hours God sends from early September to early May, but some are better equipped to absorb injuries than others.

“Nor can they assume that fathers will be happy to work all the hours God sends, because an increasing number are married to women they have to negotiate with, who won’t be able to do drop-offs and pick-ups at a moment’s notice.”

I know another writer who got a big enough advance to keep her family in i-Pods and skiing holidays for several years, but her husband has continued to work all the hours God sends, and she sees less of him now than she ever did.