English - Turkish
Definition of make-work in English Turkish dictionary
- make hard work of
- olduğundan zor görmek
- make hard work of
- gözünde büyütmek
- Many hands make light work
- (Atasözü) Bir elin nesi var, iki elin sesi var
- make hard work of
- gözünde büyütmek, olduğundan zor görmek
- make short work of
- (birinin) problemini çabucak halletmek
- make short work of
- -i bir çırpıda yemek
- make short work of
- -i çabucak bitirmek
- make short work of
- -i çabucak yenmek, -i bir hamlede alt etmek
- make short work of sth
- (deyim) bir seyi cabucak bitirmek
- make smth. work
- çalıştırmak
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Definition of make-work in English English dictionary
- An activity or task assigned or undertaken for the sake of activity or busy-ness, rather than because of a particular need
The assignment was simply make-work to keep them busy on a rainy day.
- work that is not important but is given to people to keep them busy
- active work of little value; "while he was waiting he filled the days with busywork"
- make quick work of
- To accomplish a specified task easily and quickly
- make short work of
- to make a task quicker or easier
A good electric screwdriver will make short work of the disassembly process.
- many hands make light work
- A large number of people co-operating can perform tasks easily
- make quick work of
- deal with rapidly, do rapidly
- make short work of
- deal with rapidly, do rapidly