piece of the action Slang A share of an activity or of profits: "a piece of the action in a Florida land deal" (Shana Alexander). piece of work A remarkable person, achievement, or product: "He's a very tough piece of work" (Ted Koppel). [Middle English pece, from Old French,...
piece of work (informal)a person of a specified kind, especially an unpleasant one (非正式)…样的人,…样的货色 he's a nasty piece of work. 他是个下流坯子。 9. say one's piece give one's opinion or make a prepared statement 发表意见 10. tear (或 pull) someone/thing to pieces cri...
PIECE. A wench. A damned good or bad piece; a girl who is more or less active and skilful in the amorous congress. Hence the (Cambridge) toast, may we never have a PIECE (peace) that will injure the constitution. ["Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit and Pickpocket Eloquence,...
piece of work,an extraordinary person, especially one who has extremely negative qualities: She's a nasty piece of work! speak one's piece,to express one's opinion; reveal one's thoughts upon a subject: I decided to speak my piece whether they liked it or not. ...
an amount of work constituting a single job:to be paid by the piece.Seepiecework. Dialect Terms[Midland and Southern U.S.]a distance:[singular* a+~]down the road a piece. v. [~+object]to mend by adding a piece or pieces;
(redirected from a nasty piece of work)Also found in: Thesaurus, Idioms. nas·ty (năs′tē) adj. nas·ti·er, nas·ti·est 1. a. Disgusting or repellent: a nasty odor rising from the garbage can. See Synonyms at offensive. b. Unpleasantly cold or wet: nasty weather. c. ...
Piece of work意爲“傑出的人”,呼應了《哈姆雷特》。Piece作爲“硬幣”的含義可追溯至約1400年,因此有piece of eight,指西班牙元(約1600年),價值8個皇家,帶有數字8。副詞短語in one piece意爲“完整的,未分割的,沒有損失或傷害”,可追溯至1580年代;of a piece意爲“作爲同一部分或整體”,可追溯至1610年代...
givesomeonea piece of your mind fall to pieces (all) in one piece in pieces pick/pullsomeone/somethingto pieces a piece of ass a piece of cake a piece of the pie a piece of work More idioms takesomethingto pieces -piece suffix uk /-piːs/ us /-piːs/ with thenumberofpiecesmen...
piece of work (n.) 1. a person; usu. qualified by an adj., e.g. nasty piece of work, an unpleasant person. 1764 18001850190019502000 2021 1764 K. O’Hara Midas I v: mys.: Rivals forsooth! pan.: What, for a straggling goatherd! mys.: For this fine piece of work. 1787 A....
When I produced thispieceof work, my lecturers were very critical... 当我拿出这件作品时,我的讲师们提出了诸多批评意见。 柯林斯高阶英语词典 It is a highly complexpieceof legislation. 它是一项非常复杂的法规。 柯林斯高阶英语词典 I disagree with Andrew Russell over hispieceon British Rail. ...