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Old 04-Sep-2007, 18:44
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Default Re: Animal idioms
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Originally Posted by Mad-ox View Post
the donkey work = the hard, boring parts of a job

eg. Why it is always me who has to do the donkey work?

donkey work:

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Poor animal! Or, shall I say, happy? He doesn`t need to work, at least for a while!
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