Meetings 1 - Idioms

Question 1

To get down to business, e.g., This afternoon, I will get down to business and start cleaning and transforming the data to prepare it for analysis

Answer 1

To start getting serious about something

Question 2

To chase (someone) up, e.g., After the meeting, I will chase up the marketing team to get feedback on the data analysis report and make necessary changes.

Answer 2

To contact someone to get something

Question 3

To think outside the box, e.g., Let’s try to think outside the box to identify the unique customer behaviour patterns that can be leveraged for the marketing campaigns.

Answer 3

To think differently and creatively

Question 4

To drill down, e.g., Drilling down into the sales data by region will help us identify which products to focus most of our attention on.

Answer 4

Examine something more closely

Question 5

To spread (yourself) too thin, e.g., It is too easy to spread yourself too thin by analyzing too many data sources that do not contribute to the project objectives

Answer 5

To do too many things at once and everything starts suffering

Question 6

Between a rock and a hard place, e.g., I feel like I’m between a rock and a hard place when deciding on the data privacy policies.

Answer 6

Faced with two undesirable options.

Question 7

On the dot, e.g., We will start the project on the dot to ensure that each project milestone is completed on time to meet the deadline.

Answer 7

Exactly on time.