| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Hercules' Labour | Literature | 1: Or The labour of an Hercules. Very great toil. Hercules was appointed by Eurystheus (3 syl.) to perform twelve labours requiring enormous strength or dexterity. 2: "It was more than the labour of an Hercules could effect to make any tolerable way through your town." - Cumberland: The West Indian. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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