piece of work—
1. a product of work:
- They drove over the Golden Gate Bridge … and she was enchanted. “What a handsome piece of work, isn’t it, Luke?”
2. a difficult task or business:
- How do you expect to get along when it’s such a piece of work to make you shake hands?
3. (coll.) a commotion; a noisy display:
- What are you making all this piece of work for?
4. (coll., in the phrase “a nasty piece of work”) an unpleasant person:
- He was a nasty piece of work all right. A real blackmailer.
work piece—a thing worked on with a machine or tool:
- Place work piece in a vice or on a flat surface whenever possible.