hewers of wood and drawers of water

Those who are used solely for manual labor or menial tasks at the behest of others. An allusion to a passage in the Bible (Joshua 9:21), in which the Gibeonites were condemned to servitude under the Israelites. This scholarship intends to show that, given the right tools and opportunities, the people in this region are destined to become more than hewers of wood and drawers of water. Under the dictatorship, members of the religious minority were not allowed to be anything but hewers of wood and drawers of water to the ruling class.

hewers of wood and drawers of water

menial drudges; labourers.

This expression refers to Joshua 9:21, which tells the story of how the Israelites were tricked into sparing the lives of some of the indigenous inhabitants of the Promised Land: ‘And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation’.

See also: and, drawer, of, water, wood

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

See also:

fetch and carry
fetch and carry (for someone)
carry water for (someone)
sandbag
busy work
go pound salt
go pound sand
covenant of salt
pound sand
pound salt

References in classic literature

be confined in feeble-minded homes, but who were not strong enough to be ought else than hewers of wood and drawers of water.

Burning Daylight

I, who preached contentment with a humble lot, and justified the vocation even of hewers of wood and drawers of water in God's service--I, His ordained minister, almost rave in my restlessness.

Jane Eyre

All this was a vicious spectacle as any poor idea of amusement on the part of the rougher hewers of wood and drawers of water in this land of England ever is and shall be.

Our Mutual Friend

Hewers of wood and drawers of water, such were they from now onwards.

The Lost World

funding is apt and you can glance at selected European research budgets (Scandinavia and Germany) and Japan to note how we are failing behind for our young people and regressing to be hewers of wood and drawers of water and oil.

Ghosts of research past

Dai Country by Alun Richards They were thus bigger than their contemporaries, being a year older, and for the same reason were much interrupted in class to carry out their roles as the school's hewers of wood and drawers of water.

Morning Serial; Dai Country by Alun Richards

We have natural hewers of wood and drawers of water, as the Good Lord intended.

Letter: Must we relearn lessons of past all over again?

Those who opposed apartheid in South Africa were hampered by the Dutch Reformed Church's doctrine that black people were to be hewers of wood and drawers of water for ever.

FOUNDATION OF FAITH; FRANCIS WOOD

John Kennedy, for example, in his 1960 presidential campaign, spoke of foreign competition carrying "the dark menace of industrial dislocation, increasing unemployment, and deepening poverty." Twenty years later, when the threat came from Japan, prominent financier Felix Rohatyn talked about, "de-industrialization" and the prospect of America becoming, "a nation of short-order cooks and saleswomen." At that same time, then-Senator Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX) worried: "American workers will end up like the people in the biblical village who were condemned to be hewers of wood and drawers of water." A short while later, Walter Mondale, while serving as U.S.

Misplaced fears: why the outsourcing scare is overblown

Canadians have manufactured a centuries-old reputation as hewers of wood and drawers of water, exporting rail-car loads and ship loads of raw material for someone else to process into consumer goods.

Seminar draws ideas of value

Games mentions that young men "dislodged from th e regulating structures of family and parish" (94) created much disorder, but she does not suggest the political visions of these servants, the vast majority of her migrant stream, or their relationship with that other group of hewers of wood and drawers of water, the African slaves.

Creating the Early Atlantic World. (Review Essay)

The Good Lord in his infinite wisdom made not only scribes and pharisees, but also hewers of wood and drawers of water; when the chronic shortages of operatives, crafts persons and technicians in today's cesspool of moral, social and economic decadence, will be obvious to the thinking people as will the causes.

Letter: Right royal common sense

We have 'natural' hewers of wood and drawers of water, as the Good Lord intended.

Letter: Relearning lessons of yesteryear

词组	hewers of wood and drawers of water
释义	hewers of wood and drawers of water hewers of wood and drawers of water Those who are used solely for manual labor or menial tasks at the behest of others. An allusion to a passage in the Bible (Joshua 9:21), in which the Gibeonites were condemned to servitude under the Israelites. This scholarship intends to show that, given the right tools and opportunities, the people in this region are destined to become more than hewers of wood and drawers of water. Under the dictatorship, members of the religious minority were not allowed to be anything but hewers of wood and drawers of water to the ruling class. See also: and, drawer, of, water, wood Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. hewers of wood and drawers of water menial drudges; labourers. This expression refers to Joshua 9:21, which tells the story of how the Israelites were tricked into sparing the lives of some of the indigenous inhabitants of the Promised Land: ‘And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation’. See also: and, drawer, of, water, wood Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: fetch and carry fetch and carry (for someone) carry water for (someone) sandbag busy work go pound salt go pound sand covenant of salt pound sand pound salt References in classic literature be confined in feeble-minded homes, but who were not strong enough to be ought else than hewers of wood and drawers of water. Burning Daylight I, who preached contentment with a humble lot, and justified the vocation even of hewers of wood and drawers of water in God's service--I, His ordained minister, almost rave in my restlessness. Jane Eyre All this was a vicious spectacle as any poor idea of amusement on the part of the rougher hewers of wood and drawers of water in this land of England ever is and shall be. Our Mutual Friend Hewers of wood and drawers of water, such were they from now onwards. The Lost World funding is apt and you can glance at selected European research budgets (Scandinavia and Germany) and Japan to note how we are failing behind for our young people and regressing to be hewers of wood and drawers of water and oil. Ghosts of research past Dai Country by Alun Richards They were thus bigger than their contemporaries, being a year older, and for the same reason were much interrupted in class to carry out their roles as the school's hewers of wood and drawers of water. Morning Serial; Dai Country by Alun Richards We have natural hewers of wood and drawers of water, as the Good Lord intended. Letter: Must we relearn lessons of past all over again? Those who opposed apartheid in South Africa were hampered by the Dutch Reformed Church's doctrine that black people were to be hewers of wood and drawers of water for ever. FOUNDATION OF FAITH; FRANCIS WOOD John Kennedy, for example, in his 1960 presidential campaign, spoke of foreign competition carrying "the dark menace of industrial dislocation, increasing unemployment, and deepening poverty." Twenty years later, when the threat came from Japan, prominent financier Felix Rohatyn talked about, "de-industrialization" and the prospect of America becoming, "a nation of short-order cooks and saleswomen." At that same time, then-Senator Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX) worried: "American workers will end up like the people in the biblical village who were condemned to be hewers of wood and drawers of water." A short while later, Walter Mondale, while serving as U.S. Misplaced fears: why the outsourcing scare is overblown Canadians have manufactured a centuries-old reputation as hewers of wood and drawers of water, exporting rail-car loads and ship loads of raw material for someone else to process into consumer goods. Seminar draws ideas of value Games mentions that young men "dislodged from th e regulating structures of family and parish" (94) created much disorder, but she does not suggest the political visions of these servants, the vast majority of her migrant stream, or their relationship with that other group of hewers of wood and drawers of water, the African slaves. Creating the Early Atlantic World. (Review Essay) The Good Lord in his infinite wisdom made not only scribes and pharisees, but also hewers of wood and drawers of water; when the chronic shortages of operatives, crafts persons and technicians in today's cesspool of moral, social and economic decadence, will be obvious to the thinking people as will the causes. Letter: Right royal common sense We have 'natural' hewers of wood and drawers of water, as the Good Lord intended. Letter: Relearning lessons of yesteryear
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