- cut out for something
- cut out for (something)
to be the right type of person to do something.
Ron tried college a couple times, but he finally decided he wasn't cut out for higher education.
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cut out for something
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not cut out for something — If you are not cut out for something, you are not the sort of person to succeed or be happy in a particular activity. I started studying medicine but I quickly realized I wasn t cut out for it … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
(be) cut out for something — be ˌcut ˈout for sth | be ˌcut ˈout to be sth derived (informal) to have the qualities and abilities needed for sth • He s not cut out for teaching. • He s not cut out to be a teacher. Main entry: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
cut out for — (something) to be the right type of person to do something. Ron tried college a couple times, but he finally decided he wasn t cut out for higher education … New idioms dictionary
have your work cut out for you — have (your) work cut out (for (you)) if you have your work cut out, you have something very difficult to do. We re training a completely new team, so we ve got our work cut out for us. Have you seen the state of the garden? She ll have her work… … New idioms dictionary
have your work cut out for — have (your) work cut out (for (you)) if you have your work cut out, you have something very difficult to do. We re training a completely new team, so we ve got our work cut out for us. Have you seen the state of the garden? She ll have her work… … New idioms dictionary
have work cut out for you — have (your) work cut out (for (you)) if you have your work cut out, you have something very difficult to do. We re training a completely new team, so we ve got our work cut out for us. Have you seen the state of the garden? She ll have her work… … New idioms dictionary
have work cut out for — have (your) work cut out (for (you)) if you have your work cut out, you have something very difficult to do. We re training a completely new team, so we ve got our work cut out for us. Have you seen the state of the garden? She ll have her work… … New idioms dictionary
have your work cut out for you — INFORMAL ► to have something very difficult to do: »The government has its work cut out for it trying to reduce the national deficit. Main Entry: ↑work … Financial and business terms
have (your) work cut out for (you) — to have to do something you know will be difficult. If that report is going to be finished by tomorrow, she has her work cut out for her … New idioms dictionary
cut out — I verb 1. delete or remove (Freq. 2) Cut out the extra text cut out the newspaper article • Derivationally related forms: ↑cutout • Hypernyms: ↑extinguish, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
