How is “a piece of work” used?

In There's Something About Mary (1998), one line is: “- What...? - You're good, Ted. Real piece of work.”

Which movie is “a piece of work” from?

The clip at the top of this page is from There's Something About Mary (1998).

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- What...? - You're good, Ted. Real piece of work.

There's Something About Mary (1998)25:59

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a piece of work

イディオム

An unpleasant, difficult, or exasperating person, said with disapproval or sarcasm.; used to express the fact that you admire sb or find them amusing, often when they have done sth that surprises you

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意味

編集映画の 75%
An unpleasant, difficult, or exasperating person, said with disapproval or sarcasm.
You're a piece of work, my friend.
オックスフォード映画の 25%
used to express the fact that you admire sb or find them amusing, often when they have done sth that surprises you
She was a piece of work.

映画ではこう言う · 15 本

シーン全体で学ぶ

There's Something About Mary1998
Reservoir Dogs1992

fall to pieces
give a piece of your mind
go to pieces
in one piece
of a piece
pick to pieces
a piece of cake
a piece of piss
a piece of the action
bits and pieces
how long is a piece of string
a nasty piece of work

定義：Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary 第 9 版