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Your task is to perform the role assinged to you well, the choice of the role is the task for another.

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take to task

[take to task] {v. phr.} To reprove or scold for a fault or error. * /He took his wife to task for her foolish wastefulness./ * /The principal took Bill […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Peter De Vries

(1910--) U.S. writer A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after. www.english-slang.com

Peter De Vries

(1910--) U.S. writer A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after. www.english-slang.com

fall asleep at the switch

[fall asleep at the switch] {v. phr.} To fail to perform an expected task; be remiss in one's duty. * /The two airplanes wouldn't have collided, if the control tower […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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Kingsley Amis

(1922-1995) English author It is no wonder that people are so horrible when they start life as children.

hell and high water

[hell and high water] {n. phr.} Troubles or difficulties of any kind. * /After John's father died he went through hell and […]

put someone on

[put someone on] {v.} To play a joke on someone by saying or doing things that are only pretense; kid. * /When the voice on […]