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32 Cards in this Set
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Belt-tightening |
Reduction if expenses |
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At a premium |
At a high price, at a relatively high price |
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You can say thy again |
To say that you agree wholeheartedly |
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Bite the bullet |
To make a difficult or painful decision |
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Bitter pill to swallow |
Sth unpleasant to accept |
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Brownies points |
credit for sth nice to someone |
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Cash cow |
Sth that makes a lot of cash for the company |
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Climb the corporate ladder |
Advance in one's career |
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Compares apple's w/ oranges |
To compare two unlike things |
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Dog-eat-dog world |
A world where ppl just look out for themselves |
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Do your I's and cross your t's |
Pay attention to every little details |
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Face the music |
Ti accept the unpleasant result of one's act |
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Jump the gun |
To start sth too soon |
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To put in nutshell |
Ti give the main facts in a short way |
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To keep someone in the dark |
To withhold information |
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Get the wrong end of the stick |
To misunderstand what someone said |
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To be on the sane wavelength |
To share a similar opinion or thoughts |
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Like talking to a brick wall |
Communicate with unresponsive person |
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Heart it through the grapevine |
Info past from person to person |
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To put someone in the picture |
To include in a group communication |
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Get it through from the horse's mouth |
From someone who has direct knowledge |
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To keep someone in the loop |
To give the most recent news |
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To cover one's butt |
To protect yourself if sth goes wrong |
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Jump through hoops |
To follow many precise instruction |
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Blockbuster |
A huge hit |
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Mum's the world |
Lets keep quiet about this |
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Pull one's weight |
To do one's share of the work |
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Shape up or ship out |
Improve your behavior or leave |
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Throw cold water on |
The present reason why sth will not work |
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To get straight to the point |
Talk about the most important thing |
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Can't make head nor trails of it |
To fail to understand anything |
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To beat around the bush |
To delay talking about sth |