“Have your work cut out”
ChallengesDefinición
Afrontar una tarea que requerirá mucho esfuerzo.
English: To face a task that will require a lot of effort.
Ejemplos
Ejemplos
1 / 2“We have our work cut out if we want to finish before Friday.”
Nos enfrentamos a una tarea que requiere mucho esfuerzo si queremos terminar antes del viernes.
Use this idiom in context
Rewrite this example in plain English without the idiom. Preserve who is speaking, the time and the meaning.
We have our work cut out if we want to finish before Friday.Compare with the original example
We have our work cut out if we want to finish before Friday.
Nos enfrentamos a una tarea que requiere mucho esfuerzo si queremos terminar antes del viernes.
Write a two-line conversation using “Have your work cut out”. Make the situation clear enough that a reader can infer the meaning. Then replace the idiom with a plain-English explanation: does your conversation still mean the same thing?
Check the expression in a dictionaryPreguntas frecuentes
- What does "Have your work cut out" mean?
- "Have your work cut out" means afrontar una tarea que requerirá mucho esfuerzo.
- How do you use "Have your work cut out" in a sentence?
- Example: "We have our work cut out if we want to finish before Friday."
- Should I interpret "Have your work cut out" word for word?
- Understand the expression as a whole. Use the definition and example to learn its meaning rather than translating each word separately.