[英]donkey work

　　[美]dirty work

　　英文释义

　　A work which is hard, repetitive and boring.

　　一个重复性的，辛苦的，无聊的工作。

　　例句

　　I really hate it that I have to do all the dirty work while my colleagues take long vacations.

　　我在做脏活累活，但我的同事却在休长假，真是太讨厌了！

　　[英]donkey's years

　　=a long time

　　很长时间

　　He's been living in that small town for donkey's years.

　　他已经在那个小镇上住了很长时间了。

　　work like a horse

　　拼命地工作

　　work very hard

　　I have an important deadline coming up, so I've been working like a horse.

　　我有个截止日期马上到了，所以一直以来都在拼命工作。

　　a long day

　　很忙的一天

　　It was a long day.

　　I've had a long day.。