| 单词 | to have one's work cut out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have (all) one's work cut out 12. figurative. To plan; to prepare (work to be done). to have (all) one's work cut out: see work n. Phrases 2a. ΘΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (transitive)] forethinkc897 bethinka1225 compass1297 contrivec1330 ordain1340 conjectc1380 imaginec1380 cast1382 ordaina1387 advisec1400 forecast1413 imagec1450 ordainc1450 project1477 foreminda1535 invent1539 aimc1540 practise1550 plat1556 trive1573 meditate1582 patterna1586 plot1589 platform1592 design1594 chew1600 forelay1605 to map out1618 to cut out1619 agitate1629 laya1631 plod1631 cut1645 calculate1654 concert1702 to scheme out1716 plan1718 model1725 to rough out1738 to lay out1741 plan1755 prethink1760 shape1823 programme1834 pre-plan1847 encompass1882 target1948 the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > be occupied or busy (in or at something) [verb (intransitive)] > be fully occupied to have one's hands fulla1470 to have (all) one's work cut out1866 1619 in S. R. Gardiner Lett. Relations Eng. & Germany (1868) 2nd Ser. 68 How they may by..ill affected subjects cutt us out newe worke in Ireland and Scotland. 1754 A. Murphy Gray's Inn Jrnl. No. 98. ⁋5 The excessive Officiousness of the female World in cutting out Matches. 1795 E. Burke Lett. Peace Regic. France iv. (ad fin.), in Wks. (1818) IX. 126 They will cut out work for one another, and France will cut out work for them all. 1866 T. Carlyle Inaug. Addr. Edinb. 174 The most unhappy of all men is the man..who has got no work cut out for him in the world. to have one's work cut out (for one) (b) colloquial. to have one's work cut out (for one) and variants: to have enough to do; to have as much to do as one can manage, esp. in the time available; to be faced with a hard or lengthy task. ΚΠ 1822 Morning Post 13 Mar. Martin has his Summer work cut out, as he is matched to fight Ab Belasco (the best Jew fighter since Mendoza). 1879 H. C. Powell Amateur Athletic Ann. 19 This [race] Crossley had all his work cut out to win. 1927 R. A. Freeman Magic Casket vii. 222 ‘You will have your work cut out,’ I remarked, ‘to trace that man. The potter's description was pretty vague.’ 1951 Sport 27 Jan. 9/3 The Quakers will have their work cut out to keep the bigger clubs away. 2010 B. T. Bradford Playing Game xi. 96 ‘I've got my work cut out for me in the next week.’ ‘You love to be overloaded with writing assignments and to have piles of work surrounding you.’ < as lemmas |
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