Never really cut out for life in the battlefield?_其他

Never really cut out for life in the battlefield?

Hence, figuratively speaking, if something is described as “cut out for” something else, it is suited for that purpose. In our example, the innocent teen boy “was never really cut out for life on the battlefield.” He’s just unfit.

Again, no one really is. But never mind that now. Let’s read a few media examples of “cut out for”.

Oh, before the examples, here’s the lyric of The Side of a Hill, in case you’ve never listened to it.

On the side of a hill in a land called ‘Somewhere’

A little boy lies asleep in the earth

While down in the valley a cruel war rages

And people forget what a child’s life is worth

On the side of a hill, a little cloud weeps

And waters the grave with its silent tears

While a soldier cleans and polishes a gun

That ended a life at the age of seven years

And the war rages on in the land called ‘Somewhere’

And generals order their men to kill

And to fight for a cause they’ve long ago forgotten

While the little cloud weeps on the side of a hill

Now, “cut out for” examples culled from the Internet:

1. By taking the heavy option, Mr Murdoch has fed the notion that something irresolvable has happened in the background. This was given a dose of rocket fuel by the BBC’s business editor, Robert Peston, who claimed in a tweet that “the undisclosed reasons for Murdoch divorcing Deng are jaw-dropping”.