ossos do ofício

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === ócios do ofício (eggcorn) === Etymology === Literally, “bones of the occupation”, from ossos (“difficulties”, literally “bones”). A common folk etymology explains it as a mishearing of ócios do ofício, but the opposite relation is true; another attributes it to papel-ofício (“office paper”), which allegedly used to be made with bone marrow for whiteness. === Noun === ossos do ofício m pl (plural only) (idiomatic) occupational hazard (hardships and unpleasant circumstances that occur in a given job) === References === === Further reading === “ossos do ofício”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026