VESL Class Idiom Dictionary 2014
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Transcript of VESL Class Idiom Dictionary 2014
Idiom DictionaryVESL @ MiraCosta
CollegeSpring 2014
Business & Work Idioms
Victoria MendozaEdith Floyd
VESL@MiraCostaCollageSpring 2014
• Lemon: A defective product or anything that doesn’t work.
• Think outside the box: to think in different ways.
• The big wig: An important, powerful or famous person.
Idiom project
Manami Hayashi
• Too much on one’s plate = having too much work one must do
• Downsize =to reduce the number of workers in a company• Throw in the towel =to quit• In hot water = get angry
Business Idioms
Created by Jennifer Rong VESL 4/30/2014
Tim and Alison chat at home
• Banker’s hours = short / few hours
David and Jennifer meet at park• Balance the books = to check that all money in a business is
accounted for
News from company
• Across the board = including everyone or everything
Created by JuFen HuangVESL
4/30/14
BUSINESS IDIOMS
Tom and Sara meet at a restaurant
•Bean-counter = An accountant
•Good call = Good decision or judgment
•Company man = A person who always works hard
Idioms projectBy: Camila Zuluaga Melissa Lesmes Enrique Desentis
•Big wig: An important person or famous person.
• Throw in the towel: to quit; to give up to something
• Take the bull by the horns: To deal with a problem directly and resolutely ; to confront a problem or challenge.• Think outside the box: To
think creatively;; to approach a situation or problem in a new way.
• Back to the salt mines: humorous way of talking about returning to work, usually with some reluctance. • Business before pleasure:
This expression means that it is considered preferable to finish one's work before going to relax and enjoy oneself.
Business & works Idioms
Faby and Candy ProjectVESL MiraCosta College
Spring 2014
•Co-workers are talking about their boss.
• Big Wig: An important, powerful or famous person.• Lemon: A defective product, or anything that doesn’t work
very well; something which breaks constantly.
• Bite the hand that feeds you: To be ungrateful, to turn against your family or employer or other supporters. • Tomorrow is another day: that even if everything is not
satisfactory at present, there will be opportunity for things to improve.
MEI VON NORMANN
• Break even = to have expenses equal to profits• Ball park figure =a rough estimate or figure• Balance the books =to check that all the money in a business is
accounted for• Meeting adjourned = to end a meeting
Idiom Dialog Abdul Haq & Mohammad Bilal
Fast track a project: To make a project a high priority, to speed up the time frame of a project
Drum up business: To create business, to find new customers
Climb the corporate ladder: Advance in one’s career, the process of getting promoted and making it to senior management.
Idiom ProjectHoward
04/30/14VESL
Joe is talking to Jack at the meeting room.
•Though the roof: Very high; higher than expected
Joe is talking to Jack at the meeting room.
•Pass the buck: To shift the blame; to blame somebody else
Joe is talking to Jack at the meeting room.
•Pull one’s weight: To do one’s share of the work
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