Idioms

labour of love | labor of love

This page is about the idiom labour of love | labor of love

Meaning

A labour of love is work that's done for pleasure or for someone's benefit rather than for money.

For example

  • Hiroko's website was a labour of love that he made so that people could learn about jazz and blues music.

  • Bill would never waste his time on a labor of love. He's only interested in making money.

Note:
"Labour" is the British spelling and "labor" is the American spelling.

Quick Quiz

Karen's book is a labour of love, so she doesn't really care about

a. how good it is

b. making money from it

c. anything except books
a) how good it is b) making money from it c) anything except books

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