Idioms, Cliches, and Slang
What does not cut out for teaching mean in idiom?
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2013-02-03 00:26:06
When someone "isn't cut out for _____," then they do not have
any talent for that thing whatsoever. The image is of a job as a
hole, and a person being cut out to fit that hole; if you don't
fit, you aren't very good at it.
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