Business English Idioms and Phrases.docx

1、Business English Idioms and Phrases Business English Idioms and Phrases Business English Idioms and Phrases1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. a far cry fromnot close to, very different from a fewmore than two, less than ten a finger in every pieto be i

2、nvolved in many activities a free handpermission to make your own decisions a lost causesomething that is not worth the effort to pursue, beyond repair a must.has to be a run for their moneypresent strong competition where others expect to win a series ofone after the other, (another) a stealsomethi

3、ng priced very, very cheap, perhaps below wholesale above allmost important, highest priority above and beyondmore than expected above boardopen, honest and legal across the boardinvolving everything add up toresults, what something means after allanyway, anyhow after all was said and doneafter ever

4、ything possible is done all of a suddensuddenly, unexpected all the sameanyhow, anyway all things to all peoplesomething that provides everything to everyone all systems goeverything ready to go, nothing left to be done all your eggs in one basketyou depend on one plan or one source of income allow

5、fortake into consideration ambulance chasera lawyer who gets his business by going to hospitals124. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47.and then someand more, more than expected answer forexplain something answer toexplain something to someone a

6、part fromother than, except for appears promisinglooks good, optimistic about results (a)round the clock24/7, all the time, constantly as a matter of factactually, in fact as a result ofbecause of, thanks to as a rulemost of the time, usually, generally speaking as a token ofas a symbol of appreciat

7、ion as far as I knowto the best or limit of my knowledge as followsinformation following, as listed below as forreferring to someone, something as good as goldauthentic, valuable as good as ones wordkeeping a promise, reliable as long asif, providing as of yetup until now asking for troublecausing p

8、roblems (for yourself) asleep at the switchnot paying attention to your job, missing sth important at a total loss for wordsnot knowing what to say, no explanation, speechless at a set timeassigned time, agreed on time, fixed time at any/all cost(s)no matter what the costs are at all timesconstantly

9、, every time, always at besthighest expectation, the most that can be expected248. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71.at first sightfirst impression of something at handnearby, close by, with you at intervals ofequal spaces of distance or time

10、at lengthin great detail at mostthe maximum, no more than at no timenever, no way at onceimmediately, ASAP at present currently, presently at randomno order or qualification to choice at the cost ofpay for one thing by giving up another at the end of the dayfinal result at the latestno later than at

11、 the momentright now at the eleventh hourvery close to a deadline at/from the outsetat/from the beginning at the very outsideat the absolute most at worstthe worst to expect, worst case at this junctureat this point at this rateat this speed, if we keep going like this at timesoccasionally, sometime

12、s at willwhenever one wants back downcompromise, give in back eastin the eastern part of the country back ordersomething ordered but not delivered yet372. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95.back out of somethingbreak an agreement back someone u

13、pto support someone when needed back the wrong horsesupport someone that cant succeed back to backconsecutively, two things that happen close together back to square oneback to the beginning, no progress, start over back upgo backwards, go back in time or procedure bag of tricks(special techniques,

14、solutions) bail outabandon a project bait and switchadvertise something you dont have then switch ball and chainboring job ball of fireenergetic employee bank on somethingrely on, or count on something barge in onrudely interrupt someone bark up the wrong treemake a wrong choice be in on somethingto

15、 have knowledge of something that few others do bear fruitbe productive, yield results bear in mindremember something, keep in mind bear marketreluctant investors, poor performing stock market beat around the bushto avoid getting to the point before longwithin a short period of time before you know

16、italmost immediately behind the sceneprivately, unknown to others beside the pointnot relevant to the topic beyond questionno doubt, unquestionable496. 97. 98. 99. 100.bite off more than you can chewtake on more than you can handle bitter medicineneeding to do something you really dont like black ec

17、onomyunderground cash, untaxed economy blame storming sessionstaff getting together to determine who is to blame blank chequeauthorizing sb to do what they think is best in a difficultsituation 101. blue chip companya company with a solid reputation for growth andearnings 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 10

18、7. 108. 109. 110. 111. 112. 113. 114. 115. 116. 117. bottom linefinal price you will accept, what you really mean bottom of the ladderthe lowest pay or level bounce sth off youpresent an idea or plan to someone to get their feedback bound tolegally committed to bound to happenhas to happen sooner or

19、 later bow out of somethingto stop doing something you have done on a regular basis brain storming sessionmany staff together discussing ideas break downgo into detail, fully explain break into something.interrupt something or someone break offend or stop something break the iceend the silence, get

20、people talking breathing down someones neckover-monitoring someones work bring aboutcause to happen bring forwardpresent a question or issue for discussion bring into operationstart up or begin bring it ontake up the challenge5118. 119. 120. 121. 122. 123. 124. 125. 126. 127. 128. 129. 130. 131. 132

21、. 133. 134. 135. 136. 137. 138. 139. 140. 141.bring to the tablewhatever is offered brush up on somethingpractice old skills you may have neglected for awhile built into somethingalready existing within a framework bull marketeager investors, active, increasing stock market bullish on somethingeager

22、 to implement an idea or plan burned outphysically and mentally exhausted from your job by accidenta coincidence, not meant to happen by and bygradually, bit by bit by and largefor the most part, usually by farmuch more than by means ofusing something to accomplish something else by mistakeaccidenta

23、lly by the wayalso, more information by virtue ofbecause of something, due to something by way ofvia, after going to/through call forask for, need, require call offstop something, cancel came/come acrossan unexpected find can lead tocan result in, develop into capable ofable to do carry offsuccessfu

24、lly complete carry oncontinue carve out a nichefind a special market that you can control catch 22an action with results that prevent you from doing it6142. 143. 144. 145. 146. 147. 148. 149. 150. 151. 152. 153. 154. 155. 156. 157. 158. 159. 160. 161. 162. 163. 164. 165.catch onstart to understand c

25、atch up with/tocome even with clean out your deskyoure fired clear as mudnot understood, unclear clear cutdefinite, absolute clear upexplain sufficiently clinch a dealreach agreement on a proposal or offer close callto come very close to having something bad happen close the salefinalize the sale co

26、ld feetto consider not doing someone you have said you would do come acrossto be understood come/go into effecttake effect, begin come aroundagree with you come toend up, result come up againstencounter come up withoffer, present company turnoverthe amount of money by volume that a company makes com

27、pared with/tothis to that corner the marketto control the market regarding a certain product cosmetic changeschanges only to the appearance of something count onrely on, depend on cover for someoneto take someones place temporarily, substitute for sb cover uphide information or facts create a bottle

28、neckdelay caused by too much of something7166. 167. 168. 169. 170. 171. 172. 173. 174. 175. 176. 177. 178. 179. 180. 181. 182. 183. 184. 185. 186. 187. 188. 189.cut back/downreduce something cut cornerstake shortcuts, eliminate steps cut outeliminate, get rid of cut out fornaturally talented or able

29、 to do something cut shortend early cut your lossesgive up on wasted money so you dont waste even more dead in the waterfinished, over, with no chance of success deal insell some particular product deal withhandle deep pocketshave a lot of money die down/out reduce or end slowly dish it outgive out

30、a lot of criticism to people do away withget rid of, discontinue do the mathfigure it out yourself (involving numbers) do the spadeworkto do the preparatory work for something dog eat dogfierce competition donkey workthe unpleasant, boring parts of a job dont even think of itdont even consider it, a

31、bsolutely not double digitthe numbers of 10-99 down the drainmoney, time or effort that has been wasted or lost down timetime that you are not able to work due tobecause of, as a result of drag your feetunnecessarily delaying a decision which is important draw a line in the sandmake final conditions

32、 that can not be changed8190. 191. 192. 193. 194. 195. 196. 197. 198. 199. 200. 201. 202. 203. 204. 205. 206. 207. 208. 209. 210. 211. 212. 213.draw onto use a resource you have dry upSomething ends slowly or money eventually disappears easier said than doneeasy to say it but hard to actually do it eight hundred pound gorillamost powerful group or company etc. (etcetera)and so on, and so forth except (for)other than face to faceperson to person face up toconfront, deal