donkey work
Work that is difficult, boring, and routine.
Why does everyone else get the interesting work while I have to do all the donkey work, and even the company's dirty work?
donkey
UK /ˈdɒŋki/ US /ˈdɑŋki/
noun 5
Collocations
5(noun.)
VERB + DONKEY
ride
DONKEY + VERB
bray | graze
DONKEY + NOUN
cart | ride
Definitions
noun
1
A domestic animal, Equus asinus asinus, similar to a horse.
Lost last Saturday between twenty and thirty shillings they that have found it please to leave it heare there is five shillings reward by Wm. Roberts that goeth with a Donkey with many thanks
DONKEY, donkey dick, a he, or jack ass, called donkey, perhaps from the Spanish, or don like gravity of that animal, entitled also the king of Spain's trumpeter
2
A stubborn person.
3
A fool.
4
A small auxiliary engine.
5
A box or chest, especially a toolbox.
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Idioms & Phrases
suck donkey balls
To be terrible, of extremely poor quality.
heavy as a dead donkey
Very heavy.
talk the hind leg off a donkey
To talk a lot.
Near-synonyms: talk someone's head off, talk someone's arm off, talk someone's leg off, talk the ears off someone, talk someone under the table
Example Bank
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Lost last Saturday between twenty and thirty shillings they that have found it please to leave it heare there is five shillings reward by Wm. Roberts that goeth with a Donkey with many thanks
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DONKEY, donkey dick, a he, or jack ass, called donkey, perhaps from the Spanish, or don like gravity of that animal, entitled also the king of Spain's trumpeter
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I vow we must be near the place from where The two converging slides, the avalanches, On Marshall, look like donkey's ears. We may as well see that and save the day.” “Don't donkey's ears suggest we s
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That is not a horse, but a donkey.
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The newest staff members get all the donkey work when they're at the bottom of the ladder.
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He insulted me by calling me a donkey.
Tatoeba · #298089Usage Notes
i Register
In some senses, donkey is marked as dated, slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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