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You often hear this phrase used to talk about something that has been true since the very first day a project or business began. I hope management realizes that our deadlines are very tight. We need to hire more people immediately. We’ve been short-handed FROM DAY ____
What is FROM DAY ONE?
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This is used to describe the progress someone has to make to gain experience or learn a new skill set. She is welcome to join our team, but there will be a steep LEARNING ______.
What is a Learning Curve?
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This is used in situations where someone, usually a new coworker, needs to learn the basics of how something is done. The three new members of our project team will need to LEARN THE _______ now.
What is to Learn The Ropes?
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This means that your effort, work or money is wasted or lost. If this sales campaign doesn’t succeed, all our hard work will GO DOWN THE ______.
What is to Go Down The Drain?
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This idiom is used to describe something that’s done or happens at the last minute. The project manager won’t be pleased about them changing the design AT THE _______ HOUR.
What is At The Eleventh Hour??
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This means to keep doing something without achieving any real results. In other words, you’re doing a lot of unnecessary work but not getting anywhere. The deadline is coming up, but we’ve been RUNNING AROUND IN _________ because the client keeps changing their mind about the design.
What is Running Around In Circles?
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This means to bring something of use or benefit (skills, experience, etc.) to a job or business activity (project, meeting, etc.) We need someone on the team who can BRING project management experience TO THE ________.
What is to Bring To The Table?
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This idiom means to start over, but it’s used more often to describe going back to the first stage of a project or process. Our design for small family homes wasn’t approved so we have to GO BACK TO THE DRAWING _______.
What is to Go Back To The Drawing Board?
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This idiom simply means dividing something into equal parts so that both parties get 50%. Since I’m as busy as you are, let’s split the work for this project ______ - ______.
What is 50 - 50?
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This idiom is what shows the total profit or loss. So then, it is used in general to refer to the final outcome, or the most important point to consider. It’s true that we’re very short-handed, but THE BOTTOM ____ is we must still deliver the project on time.
What is The Bottom Line?
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When you use this idiom, you’re working on a tight budget or with very little money. It’s going to be a challenge doing such a big project ON A __________ but we’ll try our best.
What is On A Shoestring?
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This means to look at the overall view of something, or the situation as a whole and not at the details. I think his presentation was too long and detailed. He should’ve just given us THE BIG _______.
What is The Big Picture?
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This idiom simply means to start over, or to go back to the beginning. I wish I’d saved my spreadsheet before the server crashed. Now I have to GO BACK TO SQUARE ____.
What is To Go Back To Square One?
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This idiom means that you’re taking shortcuts and using the easiest, quickest and cheapest way to do something. If we CUT ________, we can probably meet our sales target for the last quarter.
What is to Cut Corners?
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This means doing it strictly according to the rules, policies or the law. I don’t think John will listen to your suggestion. He insists on doing everything BY THE ______.
What is By The Book?
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This idiom means to contact someone. I have a meeting right now but I’ll TOUCH ____ with you later.
What is to Touch Base?