Daily English Lessons

Unfortunately I don't think I am cut out for a job like that. – К сожалению, я не думаю, что я создана для такой работы.

Oh, that’s ok, I’m not cut out for this line of work anyway. – Ox, все хорошо, я не подхожу для такого типа работы в любом случае.

cut out for something – быть созданным для чего-то (о человеке), подходить для какой-то работы или дела

несколько примеров в контексте:

After Bill ended up in a hospital with a few broken bones was crystal clear that I wasn't cut out for extreme sports. – После того как Билл попал в больницу с переломами, стало совершенно ясно, что он не создан для экстремальных видов спорта.

Some of my classmates seem to be cut out for learning a foreign language, and Joe and Sue are two of them. – Некоторые из моих одноклассников были словно созданы для изучения языков и Джи и Сью были одними из них.

What are you cut out for?

A young businessman had just started his own firm. He rented a beautiful office and had it furnished with antiques.
Sitting there, he saw a man come into the outer office.
Wishing to appear the hot shot, the businessman picked up the phone and started to pretend he had a big deal working.
He threw huge figures around and made giant commitments.
Finally, he hung up and asked the visitor,
"Can I help you?"
The man said,
"Yeah, I've come to activate your phone lines."

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"No, madam, we haven't had any for some weeks now, and it doesn't look as if we'll be getting any soon."
Alarmed by what was being said, the manager rushed over to the customer who was walking out the door and said,
"That isn't true, madam. Of course, we'll have some soon. In fact, we placed an order for it a couple of weeks ago."
Then the manager drew the clerk aside and growled,
"Never, never, never, never say we don't have something. If we don't have it, say we ordered it and it's on its way. Now, what was it she wanted?"
The clerk smiled and said…
"Rain…"

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The owner of a large factory decided to make a surprise visit and check up on his staff. Walking though the plant, he noticed a young man leaning lazily against a post.
"Just how much are you being paid a week?" said the owner angrily.
"Three hundred bucks," replied the young man.
Taking out a fold of bills from his wallet, the owner counted out $300, slapped the money into the boy's hands, and said
"Here's a week's pay — now get out and don't come back!"
Turning to one of the supervisors, he said "How long has that lazy bum been working here anyway?"
"He doesn't work here," said the supervisor. "He was just here to deliver a pizza!"

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Before going to Europe on business, a man drove his Rolls Royce to a downtown NY City bank and went in to ask for an immediate loan of $5,000. The loan officer, taken aback, requested collateral.
"Well, then, here are the keys to my Rolls Royce," the man said. The loan officer promptly had the car driven into the bank's underground parking for safe keeping, and gave him $5,000.
Two weeks later, the man walked through the bank's doors, and asked to settle up his loan and get his car back.
"That will be $5,000 in principal, and $15.40 in interest," the loan officer said. The man wrote out a check and started to walk away.
"Wait sir," the loan officer said, "while you were gone I learned that you are a millionaire. Why in the world would you need to borrow $5,000?"
The man smiled. "Where else could I park my Rolls Royce in Manhattan for two weeks and pay only $15.40?"

- He's been with Kingdom for over a decade. Long haul, mainly.
- Too long in the tooth to know this won't be going unnoticed.

- Он с авиакомпанией "Киндом" больше десяти лет. Дальние перелеты в основном.

- Достаточно стар и опытен, чтобы понимать что это не будет не замечено.


to be too long in the tooth - быть старым, опытным, искушенным, в годах


Иногда это выражение используется иронично и может относится не только к человеку.


Grandpa is too long in the tooth to keep up with all the latest technology trends. - Дедушка уже немного староват, чтобы поспевать за последними техническими новинками.


The car still runs, but it's getting too long in the tooth to be reliable for long road trips. - Машина еще ездит, но все-таки она уже старовата для дальних поездок.


I need a new phone as mine is getting quite long in the tooth. - Мне нужен новый телефон, мой уже устаревает.

A blonde tried to sell her old car. She was having a lot of problems selling it because the car had 250,000 miles.
One day, she told her problem to a friend she worked with at a salon.
Her friend told her, "There is a possibility to make the car easier to sell, but it's not legal."
"That doesn't matter," replied the blonde, "as long as I can sell the car."
"Okay," said her friend. "Here is the address of a friend of mine. He owns a car repair shop. Tell him I sent you and he will turn the counter in your car back to 50,000 miles. Then it should not be a problem to sell your car anymore."
The following weekend, the blonde made the trip to the mechanic. Two weeks later the friend asked her, "Did you sell your car?"
"No," replied the blonde, "why should I? It only has 50,000 miles on it!"

Two lawyers are in a bank, when, suddenly, armed robbers burst in.
While several of the robbers take the money from the tellers, others line the customers, including the lawyers, up against a wall, and proceed to take their wallets, watches, etc.
While this is going on lawyer number one jams something in lawyer number two's hand.
Without looking down, lawyer number two whispers, "What is this?"
To which lawyer number one replies, "It's that $50 I owe you."