necessary evil

show of hands

necessary evil; blessing in disguise

(informal) to do a load of laundry, to put a load on, to put a wash on

short of copy (short of news to report, short of stories to tell)

(sewing) trainee seamstress, assistant seamstress, low-rank seamstress / (derogatory, figuratively) low-paid worker, worker employed to do menial jobs, dogsbody

(literary) for a long time

in all sincerity, open-heartedly, wearing one's heart on one's sleeve

unhealthy

Synonym of rabat-joie (“killjoy”)