Have your work cut out for one Meaning in English

expression

US

HAV yor, yer WURK KUT OWT FER, FUR, FUR WUHN

UK

hav yaw WURK KUT OWT FAW WON

Definición

If you have your work cut out for you, you have a difficult task or challenge ahead and it will not be easy to finish.

Uso & Matices

This is an idiomatic, informal expression. It is used when someone faces a big or difficult job, often unexpectedly. Commonly appears as 'I've got my work cut out for me.' Not about literally cutting work with something, but about a task seeming massive and clear.

• Spanish: tener mucho trabajo por delante - tener una tarea difícil
• Portuguese (BR): ter muito trabalho pela frente - enfrentar uma tarefa difícil
• Portuguese (PT): ter muito trabalho pela frente - enfrentar uma tarefa difícil
• Chinese (Simplified): 任务很艰巨 - 有很多事情要做
• Chinese (Traditional): 任務很艱鉅 - 有很多事情要做
• Hindi: बहुत कठिन काम होना
• Arabic: لديه الكثير من العمل الصعب
• Bengali: কঠিন কাজ সামনে আছে - প্রচুর পরিশ্রম করতে হবে
• Russian: предстоит тяжелая работа - задача не из лёгких
• Japanese: 大変な仕事が待っている - 手ごわい課題がある
• Vietnamese: có một công việc khó khăn phía trước - nhiệm vụ rất nặng nề
• Korean: 어려운 일이 앞에 있다 - 힘든 과제가 있다
• Turkish: zor bir iş sizi bekliyor - işi çok zor
• Urdu: مشکل کام درپیش ہے - کٹھن چیلنج کا سامنا ہے
• Indonesian: memiliki pekerjaan berat menanti - tugas yang sangat sulit

Oraciones de Ejemplo

You have your work cut out for you with this big project.

basic

We had our work cut out for us during the event.

basic

She has her work cut out for her studying for all those exams.

basic

If they want to fix the car today, they really have their work cut out for them.

natural

Wow, you have your work cut out for you training that new puppy!

natural

After seeing the mess, I knew I had my work cut out for me.

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