labor of love: meaning & examples
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Meanings:
- Work done for the pleasure, satisfaction, or passion it brings rather than for financial reward or external recognition.
- An undertaking undertaken out of affection, devotion, or personal commitment rather than material gain.
Examples
BetaBuilding the community garden was a labor of love for Sarah, who spent weekends planting and planning without pay.
Building the community garden was a labor of love for Sarah, who spent weekends planting and planning without pay.
Though exhausting, restoring the old house was a labor of love that brought the family closer together.
Though exhausting, restoring the old house was a labor of love that brought the family closer together.
Mark's work on the charity event was clearly a labor of love, given how much time he dedicated to it.
Mark's work on the charity event was clearly a labor of love, given how much time he dedicated to it.
- A task that, despite being motivated by affection or principle, proves to be arduous, frustrating, or burdensome; used ironically to downplay the difficulty while acknowledging emotional motivation.
Examples
BetaFixing the old car turned out to be a real labor of love, with more headaches than rewards.
Fixing the old car turned out to be a real labor of love, with more headaches than rewards.
She calls her attempts to write a novel a labor of love, even though the process drains her energy.
She calls her attempts to write a novel a labor of love, even though the process drains her energy.
Our renovation project is a labor of love, but sometimes it feels like we’re just digging ourselves deeper into trouble.
Our renovation project is a labor of love, but sometimes it feels like we’re just digging ourselves deeper into trouble.
Examples:
- EN: I assure you it was a labor of love.ES: Te aseguro que fue una tarea de amor.
- EN: Ask the thousands of newspapermen whose labor of love in his memory has stirred every heart in America.ES: Pregunten a los miles de periodistas cuya labor de amor en su memoria tocó a cada corazón de EE. UU.
- EN: A labor of love, so to speak.ES: Una labor de devoción, por así decirlo.
- EN: It was a labor of love, and no one loved a horse more than Shawn did this one.ES: Era una tarea de amor y nadie amaba a este caballo como Shawn.
- EN: A real labor of love as we say.ES: Un gran trabajo de amor...
- EN: What the heck, labor of love.ES: Total, una obra de caridad.
- EN: A labor of love, huh?ES: Un trabajo de amor, ¿no?
- EN: NARRATOR". Meanwhile, in the web an underground grotto somewhere in Gotham City Black Widow and her spidery companions are enjoying the fruits of Black Widow's labor of love.ES: Mientras tanto, en el nido de araña una gruta subterránea en algún lugar de Ciudad Gótica Viuda Negra y sus compañeros arácnidos están disfrutando de las frutos del trabajo de amor de la Viuda Negra.
- EN: A labor of love! A fucking headache! But goddammit, somebody's got to do it!ES: Tengo jaquecas pero maldición, alguien tiene que hacerlo.
- EN: A labor of love:ES: Bonito trabajo:
- EN: It's a labor of love.ES: Está hecha con amor.
- EN: Of course, it's a labor of love.ES: Es un trabajo que me encanta.
- EN: It was a labor of love.ES: Fue una obra de amor.
- EN: A labor of love.ES: Una labor de amor.
- EN: This was a labor of love for you.ES: Lo he hecho por amor hacia ti.
- EN: I assure you it was a labor of love.ES: Te aseguro que fue una tarea de amor.
- EN: Ask the thousands of newspapermen whose labor of love in his memory has stirred every heart in America.ES: Pregunten a los miles de periodistas cuya labor de amor en su memoria tocó a cada corazón de EE. UU.
- EN: A labor of love, so to speak.ES: Una labor de devoción, por así decirlo.
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Source: Wiktionary