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,...
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;
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. ...
(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. ...
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...
sometimes use this phrase to express those sentiments.当一项任务比预期的更加简单时候,人们就会用 a piece of cake去形容; The question is: Why? What makes cake "easy? Well, I doubt it's referring to the cooking process involved with baking a cake, because that requires a fair bit of work....
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....
Piece of (one's) mind"one's opinion expressed bluntly" is from 1570s.Piece of work"remarkable person" echoes Hamlet.Pieceas "a coin" is attested in English from c. 1400, hencepiece of eight, old name for the Spanish dollar (c. 1600) of the value of 8 reals and bearing a numeral...
Piece of work意为“杰出的人”,呼应了《哈姆雷特》。Piece作为“硬币”的含义可追溯至约1400年,因此有piece of eight,指西班牙元(约1600年),价值8个皇家,带有数字8。副词短语in one piece意为“完整的,未分割的,没有损失或伤害”,可追溯至1580年代;of a piece意为“作为同一部分或整体”,可追溯至1610年代...
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...