Business English with Gadiel vol.2

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Lots of moving parts
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this is very complicated”. It originally comes from looking at very complex machinery/engines
Get your ducks in a row
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tidy up, to organize your tasks and schedule so that you are ready for the next step.
Put out fires
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dealing with many small problems, usually at work. Though the problems might be small, they need to be solved quickly before they become bigger ones.
Cut corners
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cut budget, safe money illegally, brake rules. Reduce quality to safe money.
On a shoestring
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shoestring budget - small budget, general
Cut to the chase
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to talk about or deal with the important parts of a subject and not waste time with things that are not important:.
Bend over backwards
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Go through a lot of trouble to help someone
A win-win situation
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one that is good for everyone who is involved: Flexible working hours are a win-win situation for employers and employees
Cool as a cucumber
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Calm and composed, self-possessed, as in Despite the mishap Margaret was cool as a cucumber. This idiom may be based on the fact that in hot weather the inside of cucumbers remains cooler than the air.
Go back to the drawing board
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beginning (phase/stage)
hot potato
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nobody whant taking about this, uncomp
elephant in the room
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controversial topic
Think outside the box
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Be creative/innovative/thinking in a unique manner
ahead of the pack
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ahead of your competitors
back to square one
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back to planing again
Ball mark/Ballpark figure/number
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Approximate estimation of budget
big picture
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main idea, the most important facts about a situation and the effects of that situation on other things:
cut-throat
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fiercely competitive, competing in a strong and unfair way, without considering any harm caused to others:. Learn more.

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