Slave over a hot stove phrase informal humourous
To devote a significant amount of time and effort to the preparation and cooking of a meal.
I've been slaving over a hot stove all morning.
When hearing that Victoria returned to American, my mother was so delighted that she spent all day slaving over a hot stove.
Why do you throw away food? I've been slaving over this hot stove for 5 hours.
To work very hard for something
An industrious person
Very busy
To work extremely hard
Show signs of great and arduous efforts or labour on study or tasks leading to the result of tiredness and lack of vitality.
The verb "slave" should be conjugated according to its tense.
If you swallow the bait, you take something that someone offers you, or agree to do something that someone asks you to do without knowing that it is a trick or way of getting something from you.
You can't just do whatever he wants you to do. Don't swallow the bait.