The phrase "a chore like" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when comparing a task or activity to a chore, often to emphasize its tediousness or difficulty.
Example: "Studying for the exam felt like a chore like cleaning the garage."
Alternatives: "a task similar to" or "an activity akin to".
That amaranth-and-'nduja dish, which sounded so intriguing, was a chore, like eating meaty porridge.
Changing your password is a chore, like flossing and saving for retirement so many of us simply choose to avoid them.
My own observation, after spending a lot of time talking to teen-agers in recent years: reading anything serious has become a chore, like doing the laundry or prepping a meal for a kid brother.
At one company, a spinning wheel determines a person's punishment, with the needle ending up on anything from small monetary fines to a chore like cleaning the office coffee pot for a week.
I get the impression that this kind of work, to which I once applied myself with the pride of a master chef, is now viewed as a chore like dishwashing.
By David Denby February 23, 2016 Among teen-agers in recent years, reading anything serious has become a chore, like doing the laundry or prepping a meal for a kid brother.
Lumbering along for a bit less than two hours, which passes like three, it feels more like a chore than like an adventure.
The app gives no age at which children can be sent up chimneys, but no tool is perfect.With maths, as with mowing the lawn, the key is to make a chore seem like a game.
"Today's busy families consider laundry to be less like a chore and more like a chess match," explained LG's David VanderWaal.
Because friendship is baked right in, the actual transaction feels less like a chore and more like meeting up with a friend.
It will seem less like a chore and more like a pleasure, and you'll have conquered half the battle.
