'To transgress your remit'?

[Mehrgan]

Hi,
Does 'transgressing one's remit' mean the same as 'crossin the red line'?
(If yes, could you please give me any other commonly used expression?)





Thanks!

 

[Rover_KE]

Does 'transgressing one's remit' mean the same as 'crossing the red line'?

I don't know.

In what context did you encounter this phrase?

Rover

 

[Mehrgan]

Sorry for not giving you the context. I thought it was a fixed expression. It's from 'My Family', season 5, episode 7. The housewife is jealous of the new cleaner, who's doing her job well, and begins to worry about the situation. And this is part of a sentence she said about the cleaner.

 

[Chicken Sandwich]

NOT A TEACHER

I thought it was a fixed expression.

No, I'm pretty sure that this isn't a fixed (idiomatic) phrase. Given the context, I would say that the housewife is saying that the cleaner is doing more work than she has been (officialy) asked to do. In other words, the cleaner goes above and beyond the call of duty.

See the following entries, remit - Definition from Longman English Dictionary Online and transgress - Definition from Longman English Dictionary Online.