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32 Cards in this Set

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Belt-tightening

Reduction if expenses

At a premium

At a high price, at a relatively high price

You can say thy again

To say that you agree wholeheartedly

Bite the bullet

To make a difficult or painful decision

Bitter pill to swallow

Sth unpleasant to accept

Brownies points

credit for sth nice to someone

Cash cow

Sth that makes a lot of cash for the company

Climb the corporate ladder

Advance in one's career

Compares apple's w/ oranges

To compare two unlike things

Dog-eat-dog world

A world where ppl just look out for themselves

Do your I's and cross your t's

Pay attention to every little details

Face the music

Ti accept the unpleasant result of one's act

Jump the gun

To start sth too soon

To put in nutshell

Ti give the main facts in a short way

To keep someone in the dark

To withhold information

Get the wrong end of the stick

To misunderstand what someone said

To be on the sane wavelength

To share a similar opinion or thoughts

Like talking to a brick wall

Communicate with unresponsive person

Heart it through the grapevine

Info past from person to person

To put someone in the picture

To include in a group communication

Get it through from the horse's mouth

From someone who has direct knowledge

To keep someone in the loop

To give the most recent news

To cover one's butt

To protect yourself if sth goes wrong

Jump through hoops

To follow many precise instruction

Blockbuster

A huge hit

Mum's the world

Lets keep quiet about this

Pull one's weight

To do one's share of the work

Shape up or ship out

Improve your behavior or leave

Throw cold water on

The present reason why sth will not work

To get straight to the point

Talk about the most important thing

Can't make head nor trails of it

To fail to understand anything

To beat around the bush

To delay talking about sth