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1 nègre
n. m.1. Ghost-writer, one who does the literary donkey-work for a famous and otherwise busy author.2. Faire le nègre: To be landed with all the chores.3. Faire comme le nègre, continuer: To carry on with what one is doing. (The origin of what could loosely be called an ironical catch phrase is to be found in the seemingly pointless comment uttered by Marshal Mac-Mahon, President of the French Republic in the 1870s. When visiting a military academy he asked a junior recruit what his functions were and when told 'Je suis le nègre', i.e. one acting as a temporary batman, MacMahon, always lost for a word, simply said:'Eh bien, continuez!'. the French equivalent to the military: 'Carry on as you were!')4. Parler petit nègre: To speak broken French. ( Petit nègre is the French counterpart to pidgin English.)5. C'est comme un combat de nègres dans un tunnel (joc. & iron.): I defy anyone to make head or tail of all this!
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donkey work — is any hard, boring work or task … The small dictionary of idiomes
donkey-work — [däŋ′kē wʉrk΄] n. hard work, esp. if routine or menial * * * … Universalium
donkey-work — [däŋ′kē wʉrk΄] n. hard work, esp. if routine or menial … English World dictionary
donkey work — ► NOUN informal ▪ the laborious part of a job … English terms dictionary
donkey work — Informal. tedious, repetitious work; drudgery. Also, donkeywork /dong kee werrk , dawng , dung /. [1915 20] * * * donkey work UK US noun [uncountable] informal boring work that needs a lot of effort but has to be done as part of a job Why do I… … Useful english dictionary
donkey work — noun Hard, boring, routine work. Why does everyone else get the interesting work while I have to do all the donkey work? … Wiktionary
donkey work — N SING: usu the N If you do the donkey work, you do the hard work or the less interesting part of the work that needs to be done. [BRIT, INFORMAL] … English dictionary
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? … New idioms dictionary
donkey work — UK / US noun [uncountable] informal boring work that needs a lot of effort but has to be done as part of a job Why do I have to do all the donkey work? … English dictionary
donkey work — This expression is used to describe the unpleasant, repetitive or boring parts of a job. I do the donkey work my boss gets the credit! … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
donkey-work — donˈkey work noun Drudgery • • • Main Entry: ↑donkey … Useful english dictionary
