"He was a pleasant man, this education expert, who assure me that he was doing the best he could, SHORT OF SURRENDERING THE JOB."
What does the pharse "short of surrendering the job" mean? Thank you in advance!
2006-11-10 09:38:29 · 6 answers · asked by ssliao728 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
It means giving up, or in this case quitting the job.
2006-11-10 09:46:38 · answer #1 · answered by Kacky 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think there's another layer there...
"short of surrendering the job" means other than quitting
BUT..."he was doing the best he could, short of surrendering the job" means that surrendering the job would be the best he could do, but he had to do the next best thing
2006-11-10 18:18:54 · answer #2 · answered by pollofabulous4927 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Short means except for. He was doing the best he can, the only other thing he could do was surrender the job.
2006-11-10 17:48:16 · answer #3 · answered by Earth Queen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
quitting is surrendering the job. Maybe the person wants the other man to be gone.
2006-11-10 17:49:19 · answer #4 · answered by me 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Short of surrendering the job" means basically that other than giving his job up, he was willing to do anything else.
2006-11-10 18:01:27 · answer #5 · answered by fizzygurrl1980 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means he was giving you everything except what you actually needed. In other words he wasn't giving you the answer.
2006-11-10 17:47:37 · answer #6 · answered by deno 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋