he has it down to a fine art
he can do it extremely well
TRANSLATION
down to a fine art = perfekt beherrschen, zu einer wahren Kunst entwickelt haben --- GOOGLE INDEX down to a fine art: approximately 3,300,000 Google hits
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No one enjoys writing an online dating profile, but after two years of working on it, Arndt says she has the process DOWN TO A FINE ART.
(The Canberra Times)
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Virtual working is something that Salesforce.com has DOWN TO A FINE ART. Almost every employee is provided with the tools to work remotely in some capacity or another.
(Financial Post)
(The Canberra Times)
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Virtual working is something that Salesforce.com has DOWN TO A FINE ART. Almost every employee is provided with the tools to work remotely in some capacity or another.
(Financial Post)
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(having something) down to a fine art
idiom
- to be able to do something very well, usually because you have been doing it for a long time
(Cambridge Dictionary)
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Fine art (also used in the plural in the same sense) is something that is appreciated for its aesthetic qualities, such as painting, sculpture, music and poetry. The implication is that something described as fine art has more aesthetic than practical value.
On the other hand, while the term art is often associated with aesthetics, it can also refer to skill that is attained by study, practice, or observation, such as in "the art of medicine" or the "art of selling." In the expression "down to a fine art," the adjective fine is used to denote quality, thus turning the phrase into a way to note that a person is very good at something in particular.
In addition, to "have something down" means to be experienced or learned. This is a common stand-alone phrase (He fixed my computer in 10 minutes. He has that down!) and is also used in the expression "down pat" (She has Asian cooking down pat), with pat used an adverb meaning perfect.
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"She has PowerPoint presentations down to a fine art."
idiom
- to be able to do something very well, usually because you have been doing it for a long time
(Cambridge Dictionary)
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Fine art (also used in the plural in the same sense) is something that is appreciated for its aesthetic qualities, such as painting, sculpture, music and poetry. The implication is that something described as fine art has more aesthetic than practical value.
On the other hand, while the term art is often associated with aesthetics, it can also refer to skill that is attained by study, practice, or observation, such as in "the art of medicine" or the "art of selling." In the expression "down to a fine art," the adjective fine is used to denote quality, thus turning the phrase into a way to note that a person is very good at something in particular.
In addition, to "have something down" means to be experienced or learned. This is a common stand-alone phrase (He fixed my computer in 10 minutes. He has that down!) and is also used in the expression "down pat" (She has Asian cooking down pat), with pat used an adverb meaning perfect.
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"She has PowerPoint presentations down to a fine art."
