Business English with Gadiel vol.2

Lots of moving parts

this is very complicated”. It originally comes from looking at very complex machinery/engines

Get your ducks in a row

tidy up, to organize your tasks and schedule so that you are ready for the next step.

Put out fires

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

cut budget, safe money illegally, brake rules. Reduce quality to safe money.

On a shoestring

shoestring budget - small budget, general

Cut to the chase

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

Go through a lot of trouble to help someone

A win-win situation

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

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

beginning (phase/stage)

hot potato

nobody whant taking about this, uncomp

elephant in the room

controversial topic

Think outside the box

Be creative/innovative/thinking in a unique manner

ahead of the pack

ahead of your competitors

back to square one

back to planing again

Ball mark/Ballpark figure/number

Approximate estimation of budget

big picture

main idea, the most important facts about a situation and the effects of that situation on other things:

cut-throat

fiercely competitive, competing in a strong and unfair way, without considering any harm caused to others:. Learn more.