| 单词 | labour of hercules |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslabour of Hercules labour of Hercules n. (also Hercules' labour) (in classical mythology) each of the twelve tasks which Eurystheus, king of Argos, imposed upon the hero Hercules; (hence) an exceptionally difficult undertaking; a seemingly impossible task. Cf. Herculean adj. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [noun] > difficulty or laboriousness > a difficult or laborious task travailc1350 labour of Hercules?a1475 task1597 punisher1827 back-breaker1867 bashing1940 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 11 (MED) What man wolde not laȝhe..if that a pigmei scholde make him redy to conflicte after the labores of Hercules? 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. i. 342 I wil..vndertake one of Hercules labors. View more context for this quotation 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. ii. 88 Rules, so curiously disposed in order, as it is a labour of Hercules to obserue them. 1779 G. Keate Sketches from Nature I. 64 The labours of Hercules were a flea-bite to it. 1865 Dublin Uni. Mag. Nov. 577/1 The organization of the feast itself was a labour of Hercules. 1965 Mod. Lang. Rev. 60 130 Carmine Jannaco has undertaken this veritable labour of Hercules. 2008 Express (Nexis) 16 Apr. 13 It is scarcely a labour of Hercules to walk upstairs and check that all is dark and quiet when it should be. < as lemmas |
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