Pick and shovel work noun
John had to quit his job after 3 months because that was a pick and shovel work.
Although coloring is a form of entertainment, it can be a pick and shovel work for some people.
To be a Buddhist monk, you have to get yourself accustomed to pick and shovel work.
To encounter bad luck, or being picked doing something undesirable
When you experience extreme and undesirable situations, it is probably essential to take extreme actions
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Picks and shovels are the tools that people used to mine for gold during the California Gold Rush of the 1840s and 1850s. Miners needed to buy a pick and a shovel so that they can mine for gold. While there was no guarantee that they would find gold, they had to work painstaikingly for a long time.
To do something in an unusual way
I guess I like to run against the grain in everything I do.