After they've done the messy work and drawn all the attention, they'll all be swept away.

Sometimes my willingness to do hard work, even messy work, has surprised me.

"This eliminates the messy work of changing drawings," he said.

It is hard, messy work, though I don't throw up anymore.

They don't want to get involved in the messy work of being active citizens.

It was messy work with its own special odors.

Though the balls had handles, it was messy work.

We're going to have to do a lot more of our own messy work from now on.

Her face looked grim, but Jake didn't think it was because of the messy work.

It's tough, messy work, and the rewards are marginal at best.