The phrase "assignment at hand" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to refer to the current task or project that someone is working on or needs to focus on.
Example: "Before we move on to the next topic, let's finish the assignment at hand."
Alternatives: "current task" or "task in progress".
Latham was a "fidgety" youth, by his own account, prone to spending hours in the library studying anything but the assignment at hand.
However the fans respond to Rocker's presence on the field or in the bullpen, it shouldn't undermine the team's performance, unless, perhaps, the players choose to focus on the controversy instead of the assignment at hand.
The assignment at hand is an introduction to an anthology he's put together (a rare paid commission), but Chowder can't even eke out a line of verse, let alone pin down his disorderly thoughts on the secrets of poetry and submit them to the cold light of the page.
The goal is to cultivate a spirit of questioning and self-examination, working mainly with the assignment at hand but leaving plenty of scope for the discussion of other issues.
And when it's busy in the office, he says, interns should be focusing on the assignment at hand, rather than getting distracted by g-chat, emails, or the like.
If no one else is going to step up and take responsibility, better you than no one, so your group isn't left with an average or below average score on the assignment at hand.
To do her justice, Ms. Hunter gave value for money in daunting assignments when no one else was at hand to do better.
You can now submit, as a PDF, your File System Hands-On assignment at the course submissions page.
Put all the other assignments out of your mind and focus on the task at hand.
If you want to position yourself for a foreign assignment at your current company, raise your hand early and often, Ms. Berdan said — volunteer to take that midnight call from a different time zone.
As we follow him on assignment, Anderson explains that he's not just focused on the task at hand, but also interested in the way his photographs build upon each other through the years.
