physical toil
Hard bodily work
Physical toil is hard, exhausting labor done with the body—digging, hauling, lifting, scrubbing.
The phrase emphasizes the bodily demands of work, often contrasted with mental effort or desk jobs: Years of physical toil had worn down his joints.
Toil already suggests difficult, wearying work; physical specifies it's the body that bears the burden.
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- hard laborStrenuous punitive work
- sweatMoisture from skin pores
- breaking a sweatBeginning to perspire
- strainExcessive stretching force
exertion · elbow grease · grunt · ache · muscle · sore muscles · fatigue · backbreaking · grueling · long hours · calluses · sore · exhaustion · worn out · hauling · digging · lifting · drudgery
physical toildesk work
Sedentary office labor
brainwork · intellectual labor · office work · paperwork · clerical work
physical toilleisure
Free time for relaxation
ease · rest · relaxation · repose · idleness
physical toilplay
Recreation or staged drama
pleasure · amusement · entertainment · fun · recreation
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