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Idiom donkey work British, American & Australian, informal, American, informal hard, boring work.Why do I have to do all the donkey work while you get to do the interesting stuff?
donkey work noun difficult, menial labour UK, 1920
donkey workDifficult and tedious work. Oh, don't worry, we can get our interns to do this donkey work for us. donkey work the boring or laborious part of a job; drudgery. 2005 The Register I get the Systems guys to do all the donkey work once I'm sure it's up and running properly. the ˈdonkey work (informal) the hard, boring parts of a job: Why is it always me who has to do the donkey work? |