| 词组 | have work cut out for |
| 释义 | Idiom have work cut out forhave (your) work cut out (for you) if you have your work cut out, you have something very difficult to do.We're training a completely new team, so we've got our work cut out for us.Have you seen the state of the garden? She'll have her work cut out to get it looking nice in time for the summer. (often in future tenses)have (one's) work cut out for (one)To be faced with a difficult task. I knew I had my work cut out for me when I saw how messy the play room was. have one's work cut out for (one)Fig. to have a large and difficult task prepared for one. They sure have their work cut out for them, and it's going to be hard. There is a lot for Bob to do. He has his work cut out for him. have one's work cut out for oneFace a difficult task, as in This is a very large house to manage, so I have my work cut out for me. This expression alludes to cloth cut out to make a garment. [c. 1600] work cut out for one, to have one'sTo have trouble completing a task; to face a difficult job. This term, which alludes to a pattern cut from cloth that must then be made into a garment, has been used since about 1600. Anthony Trollope used it in Orley Farm (1862): “Everyone knew that his work was cut out for him.” |
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