labor of love

labor of love
a labor of love
Fig. a task that is either unpaid or badly paid and that one does simply for one's own satisfaction or pleasure or to please someone whom one likes or loves. •

Jane made no money out of the biography she wrote. She was writing about the life of a friend and the book was a labor of love.

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Mary hates knitting, but she made a sweater for her boyfriend. What a labor of love.

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{n. phr.} Something done for personal pleasure and not pay or profit. * /Building the model railroad was a labor of love for the retired engineer./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • labor of love — noun singular work that you do because you enjoy it or think it is worth doing, not for financial gain: Researching the book was a labor of love …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • labor of love — A labor of love is a project or task undertaking for the interest or pleasure in doing it rather than the reward, financial or otherwise …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • labor of love — n. [see 1 Thess. 1:3] work done for personal satisfaction or altruistic reasons rather than for material gain …   English World dictionary

  • labor of love — noun productive work performed voluntarily without material reward or compensation • Syn: ↑labour of love • Hypernyms: ↑undertaking, ↑project, ↑task, ↑labor * * * : a labor voluntarily undertaken or performed without consideration of any benefit… …   Useful english dictionary

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  • labor of love — work done for the sake of one s own enjoyment or of benefit to others rather than for material rewards: He coached amateur baseball teams as a labor of love. [1665 75] * * * …   Universalium

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