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This is where the phrase 'work cut out' comes from...

This is where the phrase 'work cut out' comes from...

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WORK CUT OUT Do you know where in London this phrase comes from? Watch the video to find out, then try our quiz here GeoJake: I had guessed the origin of the phrase right (tailoring) but I thought it meant exactly the opposite.
If your work is cut out for you, then you don't have to do the cutting yourself and it's one less thing to do i.e. the job is already half done.

Date: 2020-09-18

Comments and reviews: 3


This video is so great: it provides history, scene of London, how people talk in everyday conversations, and of course, English in a way that its very easy to remember! Thanks so much, and pleaseeeee do more.
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Hi, nowadays is very difficult find a job that isn't stressful, the employer are more and more exploring the employee, this is a kind of someone has to be the worker bees. ...terrible.
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It was much better explanation before with examples and sayings from other languages. Please guys bring back what you'd been doing before this episode came.
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