Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Suru verb - included
1. to work assiduously; to give one's all; to make the utmost effort; to make (grind) one's body into dustIdiomatic expression, See also 身を粉にする みをこにする
I tried this and that, blending yellow with white powders and obtaining brown, mixing crystals with powders and getting dust, combining liquids with solids and making mud.— Tatoeba