Job's news
Job's news noun: very bad news.
Noun
Job's news (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 of Job's news
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Origin of Job's news
From the Biblical story in which many unfortunate things happen to Job.
Questions about Job's news
- What does Job's news mean?
- Job's news means very bad news.
- What part of speech is Job's news?
- Job's news is a noun.
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