词汇 | do the dirty work |
释义 | Idiom do the dirty work to do the unpleasant or difficult things.Well, usually I do the dirty work and someone else gets the credit for getting it done. Usage notes: often used in the form do someone's dirty work - to do the unpleasant or difficult things that are someone else's responsibility: Naturally, he has assistants who do his dirty work. do (one's)/the dirty workTo do the unpleasant or challenging tasks that someone else does not want to do. The boss will just get one of his thugs to do his dirty work, as always. do someone's dirty workCOMMON If you do someone's dirty work, you do something unpleasant or difficult for them because they do not want to do it themselves. He's always got other people to do his dirty work for him. She can do it herself — I'm not going to do her dirty work for her! |
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