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be (not) (one's) department

be (not) (one's) department

To be one's area of expertise or responsibility. I can't approve expense reports—that's not my department. Car repair is my dad's department, so he should be able to help you out.
See also: department

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Hosannaho-ZAN-ə (English)Biblical
Vesperave-SPE-rahEsperanto
Faustina[fɔ:'sti:nə]
Ofer-Hebrew
Lorenza-Italian, Spanish
Jurgis-Lithuanian
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