The invention discloses a labor-saving tong of which a tong head can be automatically expanded when working and can be furled when not working. The labor-saving tong comprises a left
handle and a right
handle, wherein a left tong head is fixedly arranged at the upper end of the right
handle, a slide bar is arranged on the left handle, a slide bar is arranged in a slide groove at the lower end of aright tong head in a sliding way, the left tong head and the right tong head are movably hinged by a tong head pin, the left handle and the right handle are movably hinged by a handle pin fixedly arranged on the right handle, a boss is arranged at the middle lower part of the left handle, the inner side of the boss is aligned with the inner side of the left handle, the left handle and the right handle are respectively provided with a left handle sleeve and a right handle sleeve, a hollow cavity is arranged between the left handle sleeve and the inner side of the boss, and an inverted J-shapedelastic strip is movably arranged in the hollow cavity. The outer side of a bending section of the elastic strip supports against the inner side of the right handle when the labor-saving tong works,and the
tail end of the bending section of the elastic strip can support against the inner side of the left handle, therefore, the invention is suitable for
cutting workpieces of steel wires, and thelike.