Sentences with phrase «hard yakka»
The phrase "hard yakka" is Australian slang that means working very hard or engaging in physically demanding labor. Full definition
It was hard yakka in mainstream beer at Foster's with Victoria Bitter and Carlton Draught at a time when Woolworths and Coles were expanding their liquor retailing businesses.
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After weeks of hard yakka — carrying decent loads, pulling trailers and providing transport for weekends away — the Amarok finally had a chance to break through the tedium last month during a de-toured return trip to Sydney.
Top of my list was Barrenjoey Lighthouse, so we could combine viewing pleasure with hard yakka.
The NZ Blu - ray of the restoration of Geoff Murphy's 1983 Utu is a superb example of someone doing the hard yakka to get a film back to a point far beyond what was presented to us by nervous producers and unthinking international distributors way back when.