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You relieve them of that task/responsibility, etc.
You need to concentrate on the new customer account so let me take the archiving off your hands and finish it for you.
I know you have a lot to do before tomorrow's meeting, so once I've finished compiling this list I'll take some of those reports off your hands and complete them for you.
Please is there a volunteer willing to take the task of writing the letters to the charities off my hands?
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| #3 (permalink) Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:47 am take something off someone's hands |
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Hi,
Can I ask if the above construction implies a doer and a receiver that is, someone else relieving you of something. Could I 'take something off my hands' or I had to get rid of it, get it off my chest, whatsoever? Would it sound correct:"I decided to take the children off my hands for the weekend"?
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| #4 (permalink) Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:22 am take something off someone's hands |
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Hi ,
Can I say that it means to do someone's job or to complete it (I'll take the work off your hands so you can go shopping.)
Please tell me if that right .
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| #5 (permalink) Thu Oct 20, 2011 19:23 pm take something off someone's hands |
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| Eugene2114 wrote: |
Hi,
Can I ask if the above construction implies a doer and a receiver that is, someone else relieving you of something. Could I 'take something off my hands' or I had to get rid of it, get it off my chest, whatsoever? Would it sound correct:"I decided to take the children off my hands for the weekend"?
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That doesn't work. Someone else needs to take something off your hands:
I decided to let my husband take the children off my hands for the weekend.
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| #6 (permalink) Thu Oct 20, 2011 19:24 pm take something off someone's hands |
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| Dekrayat wrote: |
Hi ,
Can I say that it means to do someone's job or to complete it (I'll take the work off your hands so you can go shopping.)
Please tell me if that right .
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That's okay, Dekyarat.
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| #7 (permalink) Thu Oct 20, 2011 20:12 pm take something off someone's hands |
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Got it, thank you, Beees.
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| #8 (permalink) Sat Oct 22, 2011 7:37 am take something off someone's hands |
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Thanks alot Beeesneees.
Greetings
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| #9 (permalink) Sat Oct 22, 2011 8:36 am take something off someone's hands |
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You're welcome, but there is no such word as 'alot' in standard English. You need to write 'a lot'.
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| #10 (permalink) Sat Oct 22, 2011 8:38 am take something off someone's hands |
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| Beeesneees wrote: |
| You're welcome, but there is no such word as 'alot' in standard English. You need to write 'a lot'. |
You are very funny Beeesneees. |
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| #11 (permalink) Sat Oct 22, 2011 9:44 am take something off someone's hands |
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Thanks a lot,I learned English from watching English movies , so I don't write very well.
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