I was watching Seinfeld and whenever things start becoming great for George (he is always jobless and miserable) he says : "I am busting". Does it mean breaking the bad luck or something else?
What does "I am busting" mean? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
The odd thing about the exhaustion dorm of "bust one's chops" is that the person is said to be busting his or her own chops. Still the idea of working to exhaustion by "busting one's chops" is no stranger as an image than doing so by "busting one's ass."
‘Busting your balls’ can mean working hard on something - but you can’t say ‘busting someone’s balls’ it’s not idiomatic. You can say ‘he busted his balls to win that promotion’.
Why you gotta be busting my balls all the time. Or he's a real ball buster. Comes from the practice of castrating bulls by breaking their balls with the end of a stick. Also, when someone is a pain in the ass all the time, and drives your spirit down with their nonsense, they are a real ball buster. Busting balls keeps people humble as well.
In US slang, there is (to be) busting and the verb bust is a variant of burst. spec. To be desperate for the toilet. Chiefly with for or to. Also to be ready to bust. - OED Apparently, it is still used in British slang also as OED provides examples from recent British publications. Here are the last two citations: From Mixmag (a British electronic dance and clubbing magazine), 1994: Rob was ...