Work idioms

Some activity demanding and gratifying

Activities or tasks that are unpleasant or dishonest and given to someone else to undertake.

Amount of work that you should have done before and must do now

Helping people who are suffering and saving lives any time any place in the world

Work traditionally and historically undertaken by women, especially tasks of a domestic nature such as cooking, needlework, and child rearing.

Form of temporary employment linked to specific periods of the year and sectors

Boring because nothing new or interesting ever happens

A very productive day

To work extremely hard

To work all day, every day; to work an excessive amount

To do something quickly and with little effort

The main purpose or activity in a person’s life, or their greatest achievement

Needing a lot of people to do it

Something that is made or done in a skillful or attractive way.

Something that is being developed or suggested but that is not yet complete

Form of temporary employment linked to specific periods of the year and sectors

To work very hard

A fictional account; story

A fictitious account: an account of events that never took place.

Work comprising recurring periods in which different groups of workers do the same jobs in rotation.

Helping people who are suffering and saving lives any time any place in the world

Amount of work that you should have done before and must do now

A very productive day

Very hard and tiring (of physical work)

Some activity demanding and gratifying

Activities or tasks that are unpleasant or dishonest and given to someone else to undertake.

The hard boring part of a job or task

Work comprising recurring periods in which different groups of workers do the same jobs in rotation.

To work extremely hard

To work very hard

The hard and boring part of a job or task

Work comprising recurring periods in which different groups of workers do the same jobs in rotation.

To work extremely hard

To work all day, every day; to work an excessive amount

Needing a lot of people to do it

Helping people who are suffering and saving lives any time any place in the world

Some activity demanding and gratifying

Very hard and tiring (of physical work)

A very productive day

Boring because nothing new or interesting ever happens

Something that is made or done in a skillful or attractive way.