To bust a gut — to make a great effort to achieve something.

bust a gut就是拼命努力去实现目标。

Yes, you really do need to start training but surely busting a gut is not going to help!

对，你确实要开始训练了，但是毁了肠子肯定没有用！

Alright, alright, we're done now — go and bust a gut.

好吧，好吧，我们现在已经做完节目了，去拼命训练吧。

The problem with today's millionaire footballers is they're not prepared to bust a gut for their national team.

问题是现在的百万富翁球员并不准备为国家队拼尽全力。

I'm really going to have to bust a gut to be ready on time.

为了能及时做好准备，我必须要拼命努力。

I'm not going to bust my gut literally! To bust a gut means 'to make a huge effort to achieve something'.

我不会照字面意思毁了我的肠子的！bust a gut这个短语的意思是“为了达到目标付出巨大努力”。

Yeah, and it was so funny I busted a gut laughing.

- 是的， 这太有趣了， 我笑得都快笑死了。

She'll bust a gut if she keeps that up.

再這么下去會要了她的命的。

There are train strikes and the traffic is terrible. I had to bust a gut to get here on time today.

因为发生了火车相撞事故，交通状况非常糟糕。所以为了今天能按时到达这里，我不得不拼命努力。

As you can see from the examples, we can use 'to bust a gut' to talk about non-physical activities as well.

从例句中可以看出来，我们也可以用这个短语来谈论非体育活动。

We're going to have to bust a gut to get this report done by tomorrow. We're only half-way through and it's already 7pm.

要在明天完成这份报告，我们必须要拼命努力。现在已经7点了，而我们只完成了一半。

Yes so come on Feifei. We need to bust a gut to get this programme finished so I can go out for a training run.

没错，菲菲，快点吧。我们要拼命努力把这期节目做完，然后我就可以去进行马拉松训练了。