[Vocabulary] have a monster of ...

[thedaffodils]

In Gossip Girl, Mrs Waldorf went home and asked Blair, her daughter to be an intern in her office, but Blair turned it down. Mrs Waldorf said, " I have a monster of a day". Then she went upstairs.

Does "a monster of a day" mean a trying day with a lot of businesses?

Is is very usual expression?

Thank you!

 

[emsr2d2]

In Gossip Girl, Mrs Waldorf went home and asked Blair, her daughter, to be an intern in her office, but Blair turned [strike]it[/strike] her down. Mrs Waldorf said, "I have a monster of a day". Then she went upstairs.

Does "a monster of a day" mean a trying day with a lot of [strike]businesses[/strike] work?

Is it a very [strike]usual[/strike] common expression?

Thank you!

Yes, it means she has a very heavy day of work planned. Monsters are usually big and scary! Some days at work are like that. "A monster of a ..." is fairly common. I tend to associate it with phrases like "I have a monster of a headache" meaning "I have a very bad headache" but the usage you heard is OK.

 

[thedaffodils]

Hello Sir,

Thank you very much for your reply. It is very indeed helpful, especially you kindly corrected my words. :up:

1. May I say I have a monster of an examination/ a weekend? Does it make sense?

2.

Does "a monster of a day" mean a trying day with a lot of businesses?

Why did you remove "businesses" from this sentence? Is it redundant? Shall I still keep "of" there?

Thank you!

 

[emsr2d2]

Hello [strike]Sir[/strike] (too formal and it excludes all the females on the site),

Thank you very much for your reply. It is very [strike]indeed[/strike] helpful, especially where you kindly corrected my words. :up:

1. May I say I have a monster of an examination/a weekend? Does it make sense?
In the right context, you could use both.

2. Why did you remove "businesses" from this sentence? Is it redundant? Shall I still keep "of" there?
Sorry, I deleted "businesses" but I forgot to add a different word. As you can see in post #2, I have now added the word "work". "Businesses" refers to "companies" or "organisations" and is inappropriate in this context.

Thank you!

See above.

 

[thedaffodils]

It is very kind of you to help me out again. Thank you very much!