| 单词 | to be more than one's job's worth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be more than one's job's worth P13. colloquial (originally British). to be more than one's job's worth: to be liable to cost one one's job.Used esp. in the context of defending adherence to rules and regulations even at the expense of common sense: cf. jobsworth n. ΚΠ 1925 Times 7 Jan. 8/1 (advt.) Clown. That is a bit of a snag, misery being your living. Pantaloon. If you've got ‘that Kruschen feeling’ you can't even act misery. So it's more than my job's worth to have it. 1974 Sunday Post-Crescent (Appleton, Wisconsin) 6 Jan. a2/3 ‘It's more than my job's worth to say anything at all,’ one guard said brusquely. 1991 Photo Answers Mar. 46/2 Or when some bastard jobsworth comes up and says, ‘No, you can't do that, you can't do this, it's more than my job's worth.’ 2004 H. Sounes Wicked Game v. 96 The cozy relationship between players and golf writers, who know it is more than their job is worth to highlight unseemly goings-on. < as lemmas |
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