单词 | out of a job |
释义 | > as lemmasout of a job P9. out of a job: unemployed, redundant; = out of work adv. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1857 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 42/1 One week at work was sufficient to put him ‘out of a job’ for many succeeding ones. 1896 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 2 211 He may be out of a job for a while, but there are at least other employers to try. 1976 B. Donoughue Diary 17 Mar. in Downing St. Diary (2005) xxiv. 701 Have worked so long to make sure that HW stuck to his guns—now he has done so I realise that I am out of a job. 1993 R. Jenkins Chief (Anglia TV shooting script) (O.E.D. Archive) 4th Ser. Episode 2. 4 Truth might put theatricality out of a job. 2008 Post & Courier (Charleston, S. Carolina) (Nexis) 13 Jan. a1 Some 7.2 million U.S. residents were out of a job and looking for work in November. < as lemmas |
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