http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishVocabularyIdiom-Questions/Forum29.htmHelp with defining words and idioms, and new words and idioms that you've learntenXMOD (Build: 3614.32638)http://www.englishforums.com/English/LabourOfLove/zhnrm/post.htm#455799Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:26:46 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:455799Loui14100http://www.englishforums.com/English/LabourOfLove/zhnrm/post.htm#455799http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-455799.xmlConcise Oxford English Dictionary: a labour of love : a task done for pleasure, not reward. (written in a way easier to understand) The Phrase Finder: Meaning Work undertaken for the pleasure of it or for the benefit of a loved one. Origin From the Bible - 'Your worke of faith and labour of love' (interesting)http://www.englishforums.com/English/LabourOfLove/zhnrm/post.htm#455790Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:26:46 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:455790Drica1http://www.englishforums.com/English/LabourOfLove/zhnrm/post.htm#455790http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-455790.xmlFeebs11 wrote: You spend all day preparing a meal for your boyfriend - that is a labour of love. thank you !http://www.englishforums.com/English/LabourOfLove/zhnrm/post.htm#455784Sat, 23 May 2009 21:26:46 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:455784Grammar Geek2http://www.englishforums.com/English/LabourOfLove/zhnrm/post.htm#455784http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-455784.xmlOr you do a lot a work to fix up your house. It's a lot of work... but you do it because you will be so happy with how the house looks aferwards. That's another type of labor of love.http://www.englishforums.com/English/LabourOfLove/zhnrm/post.htm#455776Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:26:46 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:455776Feebs113http://www.englishforums.com/English/LabourOfLove/zhnrm/post.htm#455776http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-455776.xmlYou spend all day preparing a meal for your boyfriend - that is a labour of love.http://www.englishforums.com/English/LabourOfLove/zhnrm/post.htmThu, 23 Apr 2009 21:26:46 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:455765Drica4http://www.englishforums.com/English/LabourOfLove/zhnrm/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-455765.xmlHi, I found in a dictionary that labor of love besides work done not pursuing financial gain ,says that labor of love is done to please someone else. How so ? thanks