Pick and shovel work In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "pick and shovel work", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

Skylar Chau

2020-07-12 07:07

Meaning of Pick and shovel work

Synonyms:

Blood Sweat and Tears , get blood from a stone

Pick and shovel work noun

This phrase is used to describe a work which requires time and effort, and it is monotonous and frustrating.

John had to quit his job after 3 months because that was a pick and shovel work.

Although coloring is a form of entertainment, it can be a pick and shovel work for some people.

To be a Buddhist monk, you have to get yourself accustomed to pick and shovel work.

Other phrases about:

draw the short straw

To encounter bad luck, or being picked doing something undesirable

drastic times call for drastic measures

When you experience extreme and undesirable situations, it is probably essential to take extreme actions

what the eye doesn't see (the heart doesn't grieve over)

You cannot feel upset, angry or worried about something if you do not know about it.

Stupid-o'clock

A period of time in a day which revolves around 1 a.m to 5 a.m, it is considered unreasonable to do anything in this period.

no half measures

Adequate measures or actions

Grammar and Usage of Pick and shovel work

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Origin of Pick and shovel work

Picks and shovels are the tools that people used to mine for gold during the California Gold Rush of the 1840s and 1850s. Miners needed to buy a pick and a shovel so that they can mine for gold. While there was no guarantee that they would find gold, they had to work painstaikingly for a long time.

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