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"text": "If he plans to translate all the idioms, he has his work cut out for him.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2011 September 16, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: New Zealand 83-7 Japan”, in BBC Sport",
"text": "While Henry will no doubt earmark areas for improvement, and take into account the weakness of the opposition, it was a far more efficient and focused display than against Tonga and suggests the French will have their work cut out to avoid finishing second in the group in Auckland next week.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2018 January 18, Jennifer Rubin, “How the Republicans are blowing their blame game”, in The Washington Post",
"text": "Republicans will have their work cut out for them trying to shift blame to Democrats for their own erratic, haphazard and incoherent process.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"To face a large task or project."
],
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"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) To face a large task or project."
],
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"word": "be in for"
},
{
"word": "run for one's money"
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"word": "have one's work cut out"
}
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"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "olla iso urakka edessä (subject in the adessive)",
"sense": "Translations"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "avoir du pain sur la planche"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "gut zu tun haben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "ein schönes Stück Arbeit vor sich haben"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "mieć po uszy robotę"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "imétʹ po górlo rabóty",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "име́ть по го́рло рабо́ты"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pridjótsja popotétʹ",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "придётся попоте́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "imétʹ péred sobój trúdnuju zadáču",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "име́ть пе́ред собо́й тру́дную зада́чу"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "tener mucha tela que cortar"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "maty bahato roboty",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "мати багато роботи"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "maty po horlo roboty",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "мати по горло роботи"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pryjdetʹsja popotity",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "прийдеться попотіти"
}
]
}
],
"word": "have one's work cut out for one"
}
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},
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"word": "run for one's money"
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"text": "If he plans to translate all the idioms, he has his work cut out for him.",
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},
{
"ref": "2011 September 16, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: New Zealand 83-7 Japan”, in BBC Sport",
"text": "While Henry will no doubt earmark areas for improvement, and take into account the weakness of the opposition, it was a far more efficient and focused display than against Tonga and suggests the French will have their work cut out to avoid finishing second in the group in Auckland next week.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2018 January 18, Jennifer Rubin, “How the Republicans are blowing their blame game”, in The Washington Post",
"text": "Republicans will have their work cut out for them trying to shift blame to Democrats for their own erratic, haphazard and incoherent process.",
"type": "quotation"
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"To face a large task or project."
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"(idiomatic) To face a large task or project."
],
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}
],
"synonyms": [
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"word": "have one's work cut out"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "olla iso urakka edessä (subject in the adessive)",
"sense": "Translations"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "avoir du pain sur la planche"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "gut zu tun haben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "ein schönes Stück Arbeit vor sich haben"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "mieć po uszy robotę"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "imétʹ po górlo rabóty",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "име́ть по го́рло рабо́ты"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pridjótsja popotétʹ",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "придётся попоте́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "imétʹ péred sobój trúdnuju zadáču",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "име́ть пе́ред собо́й тру́дную зада́чу"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "tener mucha tela que cortar"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "maty bahato roboty",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "мати багато роботи"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "maty po horlo roboty",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "мати по горло роботи"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pryjdetʹsja popotity",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "прийдеться попотіти"
}
],
"word": "have one's work cut out for one"
}
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