do a hard but thankless job
... do a good job 好好干,干得好; 好好干;干得好 do a hard but thankless job 费力不讨好 do a remarkable job 干得很出色 ...
a thankless job
费力不讨好,汉语词汇,拼音为fèi lì bù tǎo hǎo,是白费功夫没成效的意思。