Job's news en · NOUN
Etymology
From the Biblical story in which many unfortunate things happen to Job.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Very bad news.
What mystery is in the wind?—Hark! a human voice reporting articulately the Job’s-news: Necker, People’s Minister, Saviour of France, is dismissed.
1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter IV, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume I (The Bastille), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book V (The Third Estate):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job's-news | alternative | lexicographic |
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Translations (7)
nl jobstijding (bad news) · cs jobovka (bad news) · he בשורת איוב (bad news) · de Hiobsbotschaft (bad news) · sv jobspost (bad news) · pl hiobowa wieść (bad news) · cs Jobova zvěst (bad news)