grunt work

See also: gruntwork

English

Etymology

From the verb grunt.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɡɹʌ̃nʔwɝk/

• Audio (AU)

  (file)

Noun

grunt work (uncountable)

1. (idiomatic) Work (especially that which is heavy, repetitive or mindless) that is considered undesirable and therefore delegated to underlings.

   He plans to hire somebody to do the grunt work of digging the trenches for the pipes.

Translations

unrewarding work

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 枯燥乏味的工作 (kūzào fáwèi de gōngzuò)

• Finnish: hanttihomma
• Polish: robota głupiego (pl) f, czarna robota f
• Russian: чёрная рабо́та f (čórnaja rabóta)

See also

• donkey work
• God's work