have work cut out for

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 cut out to get it looking nice in time for the summer.

(often in future tenses)

New idioms dictionary. 2014.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • 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 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 — 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

  • work cut out for — a lot of work to do, difficult tasks to do, a hard row to hoe    If you want to be a chartered accountant, you have your work cut out for you …   English idioms

  • have one's work cut out for one — verb To face a large task or project. If he plans to translate all the idioms, he has his work cut out for him …   Wiktionary

  • have your work cut out — 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 my work cut out — have a difficult task to do; a problem I must solve    Our goal is to win the cup, so we have our work cut out for us …   English idioms

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”