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Pchuang Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

when one uses the expression: "all in a day's work"

please tell me the origin of the expression and its proper meaning.
  

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htm Said of an unusual or unexpected task that can be obligingly included in the normal daily routine. The expression was common by the 18th century, but it is uncertain when it was first coined. A character in Sir Walter Scott's novel The Monastery (1820) says, 'That will cost me a farther ride ...

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  • htm Said of an unusual or unexpected task that can be obligingly included in the normal daily routine.
  • The expression was common by the 18th century, but it is uncertain when it was first coined.
  • A character in Sir Walter Scott's novel The Monastery (1820) says, 'That will cost me a farther ride ...
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From: http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/gswithenbank/sayings.htm
Said of an unusual or unexpected task that can be obligingly included in the normal daily routine. The expression was common by the 18th century, but it is uncertain when it was first coined. A character in Sir Walter Scott's nov
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so it means: well, that is something I didn't expect. anyway, that can be managed, no big deal.
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Yes, I think you got it.

Example: You are a policeman, and one day you get a call from someone saying two women are figting. When you get there you find two most gorgeous women ripping of each other's clothes off. As you put the handcuffs on the women to take them away, you might say to the on lookers "all in a day's work."

This expression is used to convey humor most
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