Т214
СИЗИФОВ ТРУДСИЗИФОВА РАБОТА both
litNPsing onlyfixed WO ceaseless, hard, and futile labor
labor of Sisyphus
Sisyphean labor.
From the Greek legend of Sisyphus, king of Corinth, who was condemned to roll a heavy stone up a hill in Hades. Each time he neared the top, the stone escaped him and rolled back down to the bottom and he had to start all over again.
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