one's work is cut out for one



one's work is cut out for one

Fig. one's task is prepared for one; one has a lot of work to do. This is a big job. My work is cut out for me. The new president's work is cut out for him.
See also: cut, one, out, work

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
PauliePAWL-eeEnglish
Jaya-Hinduism, Tamil, Indian, Telugu, Hindi, Marathi
Susannezoo-ZAH-nə (German), soo-SAN-ne (Danish)German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian
ConradKAHN-rad (English), KAWN-raht (German)English, German, Ancient Germanic
Rini-Dutch
Chi (1)-Vietnamese