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have one's work cut out for one



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Idioms and Phrases

Face 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]

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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