piece of work
Meaning
- A product or manufactured article, especially an item of art or craft.
- (derogatory, idiomatic, often) A person who has a strong and unusual personality, especially one with seriously unpleasant character flaws.
Translations
obra
ouvrage
opera
obra
عمل
έργοEtymology
First use appears c. 1473. The idiomatic second sense came about due to Hamlet’s monologue. See cite from sense 1 below.
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