Quiz week 4 Flashcards
see eye to eye with somebody
share the same view: We don’t see eye to eye on this topic
bridge the gap
reduce the difference: bridge the gap between the rich and poor
second to none
the best:He is second to none in his flied
Bounce ideas off somebody
Brainstorm ideas with other people
Off the cuff
without planning: Acing the test off the cuff
at the eleventh hour
at the last possible moment
The going rate for something
the usal amount paid for a good or service
A roaring success
a great success
Cut your losses
stop doing something that you can see is going to be unsuccessful
Off the record
not made as an official statement
at all cost
must be done
Butt in
Interrupts: she constantly butts in…
Beat about/around the bush
discuss something in an indirect way. My friend beats around the bush with longwinded explanations
for the sake of it
Because you enjoye it. Doin it for the sake of it
The end justifies the mean
Do bad things to achieve good results
Go off the rails
start behaving in an unacceptable way, going crazy
Get to grips with something
Make an effort to understand somehting
You can’t teach an old dog new tricks
You can’t change boomer’s mind
make someone sit up
do something surprising or impressive that makes somebody pay attention to you
put someone’s mind at rest or ease
stop somebody feeling worried
Come away with something
leave a place with new knowledge or ideas or a particular impression
Nothing could be further from the truth
used to emphasize that something is definitely not true
Not just any
used to say that somebody or something is not ordinaty, but especially good or important
as it is
already
Head and shoulder above
much better than the rest
doesn’t do a stroke of work
does no work at all
get on like a house on fire
like each other very much
All hell broke loose
something happened which caused people to get angy and start fighting or arguing
avoid like the plague
to be determined to stay away from someone or something completely
Pull out all the stops
make the greatest effort possible
come down on me like a ton of bricks
to be extremely angry with someone and tell of severely
up in arms about something
to be extremely angry about something
to be on flextime
employee chooses their own time
to go on a strike
dispute between managers and workers
to get the pink slip
to recieve an official notification that the workers position has been eliminated
to give notice
formally notify of intent to leave current job
to moonlight
to hold a full-time job and a second job
to work the graveyard shift
shift that begins at night and continues until dawn
to burn the midnight oil
to work late into the night
to keep your nose to the grindstone
work very hard
to knock off work
to stop working
to be under the gun
to be worried of something that needs to get done
to get a free ride
getting benefits without any efforts
to wipe the slate clean
to forgive
to laugh all the way to the bank
when you are a sellout, you laugh all the way to the bank
to talk shop
only talking about work
a clock watcher
watches clocks or something idk
a go-getter
decides to do it and actually does it
a do-gooder
a well-meaning but unrealistic person
a busybody
nosy person
