Talk:do one's bit

do one's bit
I'm a little unsure about this, but it seems somewhat sopped up. --Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 04:36, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I’m also unsure, but leaning towards weak keep, because it does seem somewhat idiomatic to me as a non-native speaker. Ungoliant MMDCCLXIV 05:21, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I can't think of another expression that uses this sense of bit:, something like "share of effort". Can anyone else? Isn't that now the sense of bit in this expression whatever its derivation? DCDuring TALK 20:32, 21 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Synonymous expressions could include,.
 * @DCDuring, the bit here doesn't strike me as all that idiomatic, and synonymous with or  -- basically senses 5 and 7 of  as the entry currently stands.
 * Incidentally, senses 5 and 7 don't seem very distinct. -- Eiríkr Útlendi │ Tala við mig 20:46, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Out sense 5 is "A small amount of something.", not "A share". I think share has the specific sense that it is one's obligation (work, money, risk or other contribution) in a group effort, which portion does not usually have. DCDuring TALK 21:00, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Isn't a simply part of something that has been  among multiple other parties?  I can have my  of cake, for instance, without being under any obligation.  -- Eiríkr Útlendi │ Tala við mig 21:07, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Kept as no consensus. — Ungoliant (Falai) 02:30, 16 August 2012 (UTC)