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to do the donkey work

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  • 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 —    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 — 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

  • The Donkey Sanctuary — Founder(s) Elisabeth Svendsen Founded 1969 Location Sidmouth, Devon, England Key people Robert Crawford, Professor Jim Duncan Stuart W. J. Reid, John Sewell Rutter Bill Tetlow, Cathy Thompson Rosalind de Wesselow Area served …   Wikipedia

  • donkey work — ► NOUN informal ▪ the laborious part of a job …   English terms dictionary

  • donkey-work —  The heavy or unexciting part of an operation, donkey s years (For) a long time …   A concise dictionary of English slang

  • donkey work — noun Brit. informal the laborious part of a job …   English new terms dictionary

  • ˈdonkey ˌwork — noun [U] informal the boring part of a job that needs a lot of effort …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

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