[off duty] {adj.} Not supposed to be at work; having free time; not working. * /Sailors like to go sight-seeing, when they are off duty in a foreign port./ * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

heavy-duty

[heavy-duty] {adj.} Made for long or hard use; very strong. * /The lumberman used heavy-duty trucks for hauling logs down the mountains./ * /The workers in the steel mill have […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

duty

[duty] See: [DO DUTY FOR], [DOUBLE DUTY], [HEAVY DUTY], [OFF DUTY], [ON DUTY]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

double duty

[double duty] {n.} Two uses or jobs; two purposes or duties. * /Matthew does double duty. He's the janitor in the morning and gardener in the afternoon./ * /Our new […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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Napoleon Bonaparte

You can stop while you are raising, but not when you are falling.

many hands make light work

[many hands make light work] If many people work together, even a hard job becomes easier. - A proverb. * /Come on boys, […]

up and at them

[up and at them] 1. {adv. phr.} Actively engaged in a task as if doing combat. * /"You want to know whether he will make a […]