Talk:do one's bit

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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 (deprecated template usage) 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 do one's part, do one's share.

@DCDuring, the bit here doesn't strike me as all that idiomatic, and synonymous with portion or share -- basically senses 5 and 7 of bit 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 share simply part of something that has been shared among multiple other parties? I can have my share 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)