piece of work

Betekenis (Engels)

1. A product or manufactured article, especially an item of art or craft.
2. (derogatory, idiomatic, often) A person who has a strong and unusual personality, especially one with seriously unpleasant character flaws.

Sinonieme

work

task

job

opera

opus

piece

project

assignment

work of art

duty

object

Vertalings

obra

🚧

ouvrage

opera

obra

عمل

έργο

travail

job

oeuvre

lavoro

operato

trabalho

labor

trabajo

Etimologie (Engels)

First use appears c. 1473. The idiomatic second sense came about due to Hamlet’s monologue. See cite from sense 1 below.