Idioms
I someone is confident and optimistic about the company's future, they are b.............
Bullish
When you have a lot of tasks to do we say You have a lot on your .......
plate
4 words which are synonyms of EMPLOYEE
Staff, Team, Your people, Your folks, Staffers, Associates, Co-workers, Peers, Subordinates, Colleagues
When you fail to notice things they F...... t..... t..... c.....
Something that makes you motivated, makes you ....
fall through the cracks
tick
You help someone who bought your product (a........ a c.......)
You reduce the price for your customer (o..... a d.......)
Finish a project by the final date (m....... the d.......)
Assist a customer
Offer a discount
Meet the deadline
2 idioms that mean:
Making the final decision
Alter facts and figures in the accounts dishonestly
Call the shots
Cook the books
3 adjectives that mean DIFFICULT but NOT IMPOSSIBLE
Challenging
Feasible
Formidable
Tricky
When your boss controls every part of the project or activity, they
When your boss observes and checks the progress of the project or activity, they
micro-manage
monitor / keep an eye
Let me explain it to you (with other words)
Let me walk you through
Let me break it down for you
Reduce expenses and spendings (c..... the c.....)
Handle a customer's problems (d...... w...... a c........)
Decide how much something will cost ( a...... .... a price) - don't forget about the missing preposition!
Cut the cost
Deal with a complaint
Agree on a price
If a boss controls the business firmly and effectively we say they run.........
a tight ship
When you try to do everything a 100% correctly, you a..... f...... p...........
When you do something you didn't have time before, you c..... u.....o..... your tasks
When you decide which tasks are more important, you p...........
Aim for perfectionism
Catch up on
Prioritise
5 steps of delegating tasks clearly
Provide objectives, Method, Means, Deadline, Check
You manage to do and finish your task perfectly without delay or problems
You s......... ...... ....... ..... ....
Stay on top of it
Paid time off
Bring in new employees
Fix a problem
Annual leave / Holiday leave
Hire someone
Resolve an issue / Deal with an issue
Someone earns a lot of money and have great financial success
Someone failed to take advantage of a great opportunity
Make a killing
Blow it
When you do tasks in order to move on to the next you ......
When you delay your tasks until a later time (a verb, a phrasal verb)
Get them out of the way
Postpone, Put off
The 4 different management styles when delegating tasks, according to staff development levels
Directing
Coaching
Supporting
Delegating
You have to do better than this
You have to ........................
Kick / Top / Scram it up a notch / gear
Coordinate a task and a team
Return money to your buyer
Contact a customer later
Manage a project
Give a refund
Follow up with a client / Get back to the client
In a negotiating situation one expects a lot or too much in exchange for something
D............ a H......... B.......
Drive a hard bargain
A collocation that means you organize, arrange and hold a meeting where you can give feedback to your employee
Conduct an appraisal meeting
Synonyms of:
prevent (stops you from doing something)
delegate (phrasal verb)
emails and mails
put your details down (a form)
Change rules and aims (metaphore)
stunt
hand over
correspondence
fill in / fill out
move the goalpost
Financial idioms:
1. Stop producing something in order to stop wasting money
2. Your most profitable product or service
3. You are in a difficult financial situation
4. Compensation or a bigger amount of money given to someone when they retire
5. You try to find an easier, cheaper way to complete a task
1. Cut losses
2. Cash cow
3. In the red
4. Golden handshake
5. Cut corners
Complete a task without overspending money
Finalise a sale successfully
Finish a task after the final date
Stay within budget
Close the deal
Miss the deadline