DIRTY WORK

dirty work: translation

1. Fig. unpleasant or uninteresting work. •

My boss does all the traveling. I get all the dirty work to do.

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She's tired of doing all the dirty work at the office.

2. Fig. dishonest or underhanded actions; treachery. •

She knew there was some dirty work going on when she saw her opponents whispering together.

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The company seems respectable enough, but there's a lot of dirty work that goes on.

dirty work: translation

dirty pool, dirty trick, donkeywork, double-dealing, drudgery, duplicity, employment, fag, falseheartedness, fatigue, foul play, grind, handiwork, handwork, industry, labor, lick, lick of work, manual labor, moil, perfidiousness, perfidy, rat race, scut work, slavery, spadework, stroke, stroke of work, sweat, task, tiresome work, toil, travail, treacherousness, treachery, treadmill, work