Meetings 1 - Idioms Flashcards
To get down to business, e.g., We’ve spent enough time debating the IPO date. Let’s get down to business and organise it.
To start getting serious about something
To chase (someone) up, e.g., The last I heard, Alice was making final adjustments to the model. I’ll chase her up on that.
To contact someone to get something
To think outside the box, e.g., We want to make it easier for clients to get updated on their portfolios. Let’s think outside the box.
To think differently and creatively
To drill down, e.g., Let’s drill down into some of the operational assumptions you’ve made.
Examine something more closely
To spread (yourself) too thin, e.g., The company has expanded into many different areas and has probably spread itself too thin.
To do too many things at once and everything starts suffering
Between a rock and a hard place, e.g., Under the current monetary policy, the Bank is caught between a rock and a hard place.
Faced with two undesirable options.
On the dot, e.g., The meeting has to start at 9 am on the dot.
Exactly on time.
