that's not in my bailiwick
that's not my responsibility
TRANSLATION
bailiwick = die Zuständigkeit, der Bereich bailiwick (jur.) = der Amtsbezirk --- GOOGLE INDEX bailiwick: approximately 400,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
The European Commission has had difficulty pointing out that control over airspace was not in the EU BAILIWICK at all.
(The Irish Times)
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Joe Biden's BAILIWICK
(Time magazine - News Headline)
(The Irish Times)
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Joe Biden's BAILIWICK
(Time magazine - News Headline)
Did you
know?
bailiwick
noun
- a person's specific area of interest, skill, or authority
- (legal) the office or district of a bailiff
(American Heritage Dictionary)
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Bail stems from the Latin "bajulus," meaning porter or someone whose job it is to carry something (pregnant women were once called bailiffs!), and wick derives from the Latin "vicus," which means village.
Bailiwick was originally used to describe an area of official responsibility or authority. A few modern bailiwicks still exist such as the Channel Islands of the UK (Jersey and Guernsey).
Bailiwick can also refer to a general area of responsibility or expertise. For instance, asking a secretary to fetch you a cup of coffee might result in the response, "That's not my bailiwick." It's another way of saying, "It's not my job."
This reminds us of the story about four people named EVERYBODY, SOMEBODY, ANYBODY AND NOBODY.
There was an important job to be done and
EVERYBODY was sure that SOMEBODY would do it.
ANYBODY could have done it, but NOBODY did.
SOMEBODY got angry, because it was EVERYBODY'S job.
EVERYBODY thought ANYBODY could do it, but
NOBODY realized that EVERYBODY would do it.
It ended up that EVERYBODY blamed SOMEBODY when
NOBODY did what ANYBODY could have done.
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SYNONYMS
business, domain, dominion, jurisdiction, province, realm, responsibility, sphere, turf
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Sorry but fixing that PC is not in my bailiwick."
noun
- a person's specific area of interest, skill, or authority
- (legal) the office or district of a bailiff
(American Heritage Dictionary)
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Bail stems from the Latin "bajulus," meaning porter or someone whose job it is to carry something (pregnant women were once called bailiffs!), and wick derives from the Latin "vicus," which means village.
Bailiwick was originally used to describe an area of official responsibility or authority. A few modern bailiwicks still exist such as the Channel Islands of the UK (Jersey and Guernsey).
Bailiwick can also refer to a general area of responsibility or expertise. For instance, asking a secretary to fetch you a cup of coffee might result in the response, "That's not my bailiwick." It's another way of saying, "It's not my job."
This reminds us of the story about four people named EVERYBODY, SOMEBODY, ANYBODY AND NOBODY.
There was an important job to be done and
EVERYBODY was sure that SOMEBODY would do it.
ANYBODY could have done it, but NOBODY did.
SOMEBODY got angry, because it was EVERYBODY'S job.
EVERYBODY thought ANYBODY could do it, but
NOBODY realized that EVERYBODY would do it.
It ended up that EVERYBODY blamed SOMEBODY when
NOBODY did what ANYBODY could have done.
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SYNONYMS
business, domain, dominion, jurisdiction, province, realm, responsibility, sphere, turf
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Sorry but fixing that PC is not in my bailiwick."
