business expressions(一）

一、

1、24/7

24/7 :twenty four hours a day, seven days a week

I work 24/7.——meaing i work all the time.

2、ahead of the curve

Ahead of the curve :遥遥领先you are one step ahead of everyone else

I am ahead of curve in this project.

idioms similar to 'Ahead of the curve'

3、ASAP

ASAP:As soon as possible

4、At stake

At stake:处于危险中if something is at stake ,it means that it is risky.

The project is at stake.

5、Back to square one

Back to square one:从头再来we need to go back to the begining again.

This project didn't work out,we are going to have to back to square one.

6、Back to the drawing board

back to the drawing board:idioms similar to 'back to square one'

Again,it's not working out,so you need to brainstrom thinking of your ideas.

We need to back to the drawing board,and come out of some ideas for this project.

7、Ballpark number

ballpark number:大概的数量a range that is astimate

The ballpark number for your auote is 2000-3000.

8、Big picture

宏观，大局。 THe big picture is the overall side of the project.

We need to not focus so much on these little details,and pay attention to the big picture.

9、Blue collar/White collar

blue collar:蓝领子

blue collar worker.

10、By the book

按常规，依照惯例to follow the rules or the policies.

We have to go by the book on this.

11、Call it a day

收工，今天就到这里了。

Your must be tired. Let's call it a day.

call it a night今晚到此为止

Shell we call it a night for now and continue our discussion tomorraw?

我们今晚就此结束，明天继续讨论好吗？

12、Catch someone off guard

乘虚而入，让人措手不及。do something that somebody else not expected.

13、cave/cave in

塌落，认输give up

we are going to cave in this market deal,we can't do it.

14、change of pace

改变习惯，更换口味

15、cut corners

抄近路，走捷径

16，Diamond in the rough

被埋没了的好东西，

somebody whe has potential but needs work on.

Mybe you hire somebody to work on the project, he was got a lot of potential to be realy good,he just need to be treated in the right way.he is the diamond in the rough.

17,Fifty-fifty

means equal

利弊各半的，对半的

18,From the ground up

从头开始，彻底的

19,Get down to business

bring somebody back on to target.

言归正传

20,Get something off the ground

进展顺利

21,Go broke

破产

22，Go the extra mile

多付出代价，加倍努力

23,Go down the drain

白费心机，前功尽弃

24,Go through the roof

价格冲破屋顶，飞涨

25,Grey area

失业严重地区

26,Ground-breaking

独创的，开拓性的

27,Hit the nail on the head

一针见血，说得非常对

28,In a nutshell

简而言之

29,In the red

负债，亏损

30,Keep your eye on the ball

Keey your eye on the target, rember what your target is.

31,Last straw

最后一击

32,Loophole

漏洞

33,Nine-to-five

朝九晚五

34,No brainer

It's easy.不用花脑筋的事

35,Round-the-clock

昼夜不停，连续一整天

36,Rock the boat

捣乱，

37，See eye to eye

看法一致

38,Sky's the limit

we can do whatever we want to do.我行我素

39,Win-win situation

both parties win,i win and you win

40,Yes man

好好先生

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