| 单词 | all in a day's work |
| 释义 | > as lemmasall in a (also his, the, etc.) day's work b. all in a (also his, the, etc.) day's work: (of a task, experience, etc.) accepted or expected as part of a person's normal duty or routine. Often used ironically.all in the day's work was the more common form in early use; since the mid 20th cent., all in a day's work has been more usual. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > in habitual or customary use [phrase] > as part of ordinary routine all in the day's work1820 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 39 Will you be so kind to tie this String for me..? it will go all in your Day's Work.] 1820 W. Scott Monastery I. ix. 248 That will cost me a farther ride..but it is all in the day's work. 1847 J. S. Mill Let. 9 Mar. in Coll. Wks. (1963) XIII. 709 I fully expect to offend and scandalize as many people as I shall please, but that is ‘all in a day's work’. 1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies viii. 297 That was all in his day's work, like a fair fall with the hounds. 1897 Globe 9 July 1/2 Heroic conduct of this type has to be, and is, regarded by British officers..as ‘all in the day's work’. 1937 M. Allingham Case of Late Pig x. 74 I suppose it's all in the day's work for you? 1953 A. Christie Pocket Full of Rye x. 60 This sort of thing seems ordinary enough to you, Inspector. All in the day's work. 1993 Down East Aug. 64/3 Good food and good theater both take great labor, but Michael Gagné is not about to stint on either. It's all in a day's work for a Super Chef. 2006 Esquire Sept. 73/2 Admonishing ‘eco-looney Bolsheviks’ is all in a day's work for Jeremy Clarkson. < as lemmas |
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