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Drica Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

labour of love

Hi,

I found in a dictionary that labor of love besides work done not pursuing financial gain ,says that labor of love is done to please someone else. How so ?

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You spend all day preparing a meal for your boyfriend - that is a labour of love.

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  • You spend all day preparing a meal for your boyfriend - that is a labour of love.
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You spend all day preparing a meal for your boyfriend - that is a labour of love.
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Or you do a lot a work to fix up your house. It's a lot of work... but you do it because you will be so happy with how the house looks aferwards. That's another type of labor of love.
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Feebs11You spend all day preparing a meal for your boyfriend - that is a labour of love.
thank you !
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary:
a labour of love: a task done for pleasure, not reward. (written in a way easier to understand)

The Phrase Finder:
Meaning
Work undertaken for the pleasure of it or for the benefit of a loved one.
Origin
From the Bible - 'Your worke of faith and labour of love'
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