... one possibilty..

Or simply, "I work very hard". I don´t think the Spanish "exaggerations" always work in English.

I think is what she really wants to mean.

y si se te permite un término un poco más atrevido:
"I work my butt off"

Of course, "mad" here doesn't mean 'angry'. Remember the movie "Diary of a Mad Housewife"? She was going crazy with all pressure.

51 refs for "work like a mad woman":

**I work like a mad woman on everything--school, YFC, JV club, family stuff, work, friendships, Church life, et cetera.** Sometimes I wonder what life would be ...
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Towards the end of the month, everyone panics and puts in their order and **I work like a mad-woman trying to get everyone's orders in and shipped on time** for ...
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**You will have to work like a mad woman to catch up, leaving you more exhausted than before** you left on vacation. Noted on 12 August 2005 in Mommy Works the ...
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I also recall from an interview her saying that **she wanted to "work like a mad woman for a year or two"**. smilies/smile.gif ...
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... which is innate from the work ethic on the US However, I quickly learned that **it was okay and almost normal to not work like a mad woman** everyday. ...
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**I didn't know what motivated me to work like a mad woman**. The end result is of course, gratifying. In the evenign when everyone came back from work/school, ...
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This possibility came to me in the middle of the night.

**Sometimes I feel like a one-armed paperhanger** trying to keep up with everything I want to do, but I love my job. I keep in mind a sign that a friend of mine ...
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**We've been busy like a one armed paperhanger with hemmerhoids**. Just had Alberto fly by and hope we are throught with this one.. Lots of rain and wind but so ...
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**Like a one-armed paperhanger**... that's how busy I am. I'm not complaining, though. It's good to be busy. Make hay while the sun shines, right? ...
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