Idiom DictionaryVESL @ MiraCosta

CollegeSpring 2014

Business & Work Idioms

Victoria MendozaEdith Floyd

VESL@MiraCostaCollageSpring 2014

• Lemon: A defective product or anything that doesn’t work.

• Think outside the box: to think in different ways.

• The big wig: An important, powerful or famous person.

Idiom project

Manami Hayashi

• Too much on one’s plate = having too much work one must do

• Downsize =to reduce the number of workers in a company• Throw in the towel =to quit• In hot water = get angry

Business Idioms

Created by Jennifer Rong VESL 4/30/2014

Tim and Alison chat at home

• Banker’s hours = short / few hours

David and Jennifer meet at park• Balance the books = to check that all money in a business is

accounted for

News from company

• Across the board = including everyone or everything

Created by JuFen HuangVESL

4/30/14

BUSINESS IDIOMS

Tom and Sara meet at a restaurant

•Bean-counter = An accountant

•Good call = Good decision or judgment

•Company man = A person who always works hard

Idioms projectBy: Camila Zuluaga Melissa Lesmes Enrique Desentis

•Big wig: An important person or famous person.

• Throw in the towel: to quit; to give up to something

• Take the bull by the horns: To deal with a problem directly and resolutely ; to confront a problem or challenge.• Think outside the box: To

think creatively;; to approach a situation or problem in a new way.

• Back to the salt mines: humorous way of talking about returning to work, usually with some reluctance. • Business before pleasure:

This expression means that it is considered preferable to finish one's work before going to relax and enjoy oneself.

Business & works Idioms

Faby and Candy ProjectVESL MiraCosta College

Spring 2014

•Co-workers are talking about their boss.

• Big Wig: An important, powerful or famous person.• Lemon: A defective product, or anything that doesn’t work

very well; something which breaks constantly.

• Bite the hand that feeds you: To be ungrateful, to turn against your family or employer or other supporters. • Tomorrow is another day: that even if everything is not

satisfactory at present, there will be opportunity for things to improve.

MEI VON NORMANN

• Break even = to have expenses equal to profits• Ball park figure =a rough estimate or figure• Balance the books =to check that all the money in a business is

accounted for• Meeting adjourned = to end a meeting

Idiom Dialog Abdul Haq & Mohammad Bilal

Fast track a project: To make a project a high priority, to speed up the time frame of a project

Drum up business: To create business, to find new customers

Climb the corporate ladder: Advance in one’s career, the process of getting promoted and making it to senior management.

Idiom ProjectHoward

04/30/14VESL

Joe is talking to Jack at the meeting room.

•Though the roof: Very high; higher than expected

Joe is talking to Jack at the meeting room.

•Pass the buck: To shift the blame; to blame somebody else

Joe is talking to Jack at the meeting room.

•Pull one’s weight: To do one’s share of the work

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