leave everything on the ice

leave everything on the ice
 v. phr.— «You know what you get—a guy that’s going to be intense and is going to be demanding everything you’ve got. He wants you to leave everything on the ice because that’s the way he does his job.» —“Sutter’s Style Wears Well In Boston …Bruins Look Strong Under New Coach” by Jim Thomas in Boston, Massachusetts St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri) Nov. 16, 1992. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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