Does the "backbreaking task" literally mean the task which is not good for back such as farming ,or it is used in a figurative sense, which means "troublesome" or "time spending" task?
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Backbreaking refers to very hard and tiring physical work.
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Backbreaking refers to very hard and tiring physical work.
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