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from the department of the bleeding obvious	So obvious it was unnecessary to say.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
Labour of Love	To do something free of money, work done for love and pleasure, not for the sake of money	Rate it: (3.00 / 1 vote)
in the trouser department	relating to a man's penis.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
labour of love	UK spelling of labor of love.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
a carpet-bagger	A candidate for election who has no roots or interest in the constituency he wishes to represent. The original meaning was a Unionist financier or adventurer who exploited the cheap labour in the American South after the Civil War. The carpet bags carried by these adventurers were made of carpet material.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
sweat equity	An investment of labour, typically by the owner and often his or her family, usually in a small business or personal residence that increases the value of the business or residence.	Rate it: (3.00 / 1 vote)
Light at the End of the Tunnel	Success achieved after taxing effort, to finally get the answer after prolonged research	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
ad fontes	Go to the sources: An expression emphasizing the importance of conducting fundamental research and of consulting primary sources.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
detective work	investigative research	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
dig into	To research a particular subject.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
dyor	Initialism of do your own research.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
egregiam operam (multum, plus etc. operae) dare alicui rei	to expend great labour on a thing.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
fraud squad	police department	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
getting it all together	Research your plan thoroughly, seek expert advice, launch trial balloons, rehearse your presentation, edit and firm it for final presentation.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
inanem laborem suscipere	to lose one's labour.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
join forces	to combine labour, to come together, to unite	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
legwork	Work, especially research or preparation, that involves significant walking, travel, or similar effort.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
operam (et oleum) perdere or frustra consumere	to lose one's labour.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
operam (laborem, curam) in or ad aliquid impendere	to expend great labour on a thing.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
operam alicui rei tribuere, in aliquid conferre	to expend great labour on a thing.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
paper	A written document that reports scientific or academic research and is usually subjected to peer review before publication in a scientific journal or in the proceedings of a scientific or academic meeting .	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
prawn cocktail offensive	A strategy of the Labour Party in winning over important people in the world of finance.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
res est multi laboris et sudoris	the matter involves much labour and fatigue.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
think tank	A group of which performs research and develops reports and recommendations on topics relating to strategic planning or public policy, and which is usually funded by corporations, interest groups, or government.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tractor out	To dismiss while replacing manual labour with tractors.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
vice squad	police department	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
wade through	To do a boring, repetitive research task.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Смерть шпионам	"Death to spies!", rallying cry of SMERSH, the counterintelligence department of the GRU and NKVD.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)