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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Stuck behind a desk

Is this(subject) an idiom?

Please forgive my laziness for rewriting the subject.

Have you heard of it before?

Thank you very much indeed.
  

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In future, please put all relevant information inside the message box. 'Stuck' = unable to move from. 'Stuck behind a desk' = holding a job which is all desk work.

— Mister Micawber

  • In future, please put all relevant information inside the message box.
  • 'Stuck' = unable to move from.
  • 'Stuck behind a desk' = holding a job which is all desk work.
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In future, please put all relevant information inside the message box.

'Stuck' = unable to move from. 'Stuck behind a desk' = holding a job which is all desk work.
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Yes, thanks, Mister Micawber.

Could you tell me what it means by 'a job with great variety'?

Thanks again.
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a job with great variety-- Which words do you not understand? There is no idiom in this phrase.
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What jobs are jobs with great variety?

what does it mean by 'variety' here in this phrase?

Thank you.
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Many different kinds of tasks, as opposed to assembly-line work, in which you do the same task over and over.
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