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5 Feb 2015
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What slang do you use when you are extremely focused on something? Can I say "I'm studying so hard like a rocket?"
What slang do you use when you are extremely focused on something? Can I say "I'm studying so hard like a rocket?"
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Sometimes people will say they are "focused like a laser" on something.
"...like a rocket" would not be right
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"Studying like my life depended on it."
...would mean studying very intensely and desperately, like cramming for a test. "[X] like my life depended on it" is a pretty well-known expression for doing something in an intense, focused way.
There is not standard slang for this specific situation that I can think of though.
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- English (US)
When you study really hard for a test in a short amount of time, you might say "I crammed for the test."
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Studying so hard that my brains are oozing out my ears.
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I often add 'crazy' as an adjective to denote intensity such as
"Studying like crazy."
"Working like crazy"
And sometimes I say
"Studying like a fiend" which simply means to study obsessively and work hard.
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I second "studying like crazy" as another good choice
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- Portuguese (Portugal) Near fluent
If you are having a really good, productive study session, you could say "I'm in the zone". (You could also say this if you're doing really well at other things, like a sport or something)
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It's kind of crude and distasteful, but you can say "I'm studying my ass off." It's very slangy lol
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