Welche Bedeutung steckt hinter der hier vorgestellten Vokabel aus dem Bereich Human Resources?

'You know, there have been 276 applications for the executive assistant's job. We need a shortlist of 15, so you've really got your work cut out!'

to have one's work cut out

Do you know what it means?

• to have a difficult task ahead
• to ignore a part of one's task
• to have one of one's tasks cancelled