✂️ Crafted for Success: The Tale of Being ‘Cut Out For’ Something 🌟
To be “cut out for” something means to possess the aptitude for a particular task or role. Fancy meeting someone who wove this term so seamlessly into workwear—those tailors of yore knew their craft! Stepping back to the 1700s reveals how lexical fashions evolved, skipping and stitching their unique patterns in language.
Related Terms:
- Fit the bill
- Up one’s alley
- In one’s element
- Born to
Similar Proverbs:
- “A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.”
- “Wear your heart on your sleeve.”
Fun Alternatives:
- Sewn into the fabric of success
- Tailor-made for greatness
- Snipped and trimmed to perfection
Notable Mentions in Literature and Culture 📚:
- Gilbert Burnet’s History of My Own Times (1715)
- Taylor Swift’s “Holy Ground” 🎵 “Tonight, I’m gonna dance/ For all that we’ve been through/ But I don’t wanna dance…”
- The Movie Cinderella (2015) ✨ - Her dress, was she cut out to be the princess?
Humor-Filled Quotations:
- “Some people aren’t just cut out for some particular work shrugs. And then there are those who are cut out by Edward Scissorhands.”
- “Being ‘cut out for’ something is just tailoring your fate, one snip at a time.”
### What does “cut out for” mean?
- [x] To be suited or capable for something
- [ ] To be excused from something
- [ ] To participate in a fashion show
- [ ] To fit oneself into tight jeans
> **Explanation:** Being "cut out for" something means to have the aptitude or suitability for it. Tailors of yore—take a bow!
### ‘Cut out for’ originally relates to:
- [ ] Circus acts
- [ ] Carpenter tools
- [x] Tailoring and making garments
- [ ] Cooking recipes
> **Explanation:** The term originates from tailoring, referring to the cloth being cut out to craft a specific garment.
### True or False: The term "cut out for" used figuratively before the year 1700.
- [ ] True
- [x] False
> **Explanation:** The figurative use was noted by 1700, emphasizing one's aptitude developed through skillful metaphorical tailoring.
### Which of the following is NOT a related phrase?
- [ ] Fit the bill
- [ ] Up one's alley
- [ ] In one's element
- [x] Sweeping it under the rug
> **Explanation:** "Sweeping it under the rug" refers to hiding or ignoring something undesirable!
Author Note:
Dear readers, weave your passions into your daily patterns, and remember—a trouble shared is a problem halved, much like that perfect stitch pulling everything together.
With warmth and wit, Tailor Made
Published on 2023-10-02
