a labour of love
labor of love
Work that is done for pleasure rather than money. Katherine spends all of her free time knitting baby clothes for her friends. It must be a labor of love.
See also: labor, love, of
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
a labour of love
COMMON A labour of love is a task that you do because you enjoy it or feel strongly that it is worth doing. Note: `Labour' is spelled `labor' in American English. There is no doubt that his debut novel is a labour of love, and obviously very close to his heart. They concentrated on restoring buildings such as the Victorian greenhouse, an expensive labour of love. Note: This appears in the Bible in 1 Thessalonians 1:3, `Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ'.
See also: labour, love, of
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
a labour of love
a task done for the love of a person or for the work itself.See also: labour, love, of
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
a ˌlabour of ˈlove
a hard task that you do because you want to, not because it is necessary: This tablecloth is a real labour of love. It took her years to make it.See also: labour, love, of
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- labor of love
- labor of love, a
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- stick to knitting
- stick to the knitting
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