Work hard, play hard
работать полный день
to work full-time/ to work from 9 to 5/ to work regular hours
To earn a living for the family
To bring home the bacon
An important person, a leader (usually about business).
A big cheese
To be dismissed from your job
to be fired/ to get the sack/ to be laid off
работать урывками
to work in snatches
A product or service that makes a lot of money for a company
A cash cow
a point after which you can't progress in your carreer
glass ceiling
быть уволенным по сокращению
to be made redundant
работать по скользящему графику
to have a gliding schedule/ to be on flexi-time/ to work irregular hours
A job that has no chance of promotion or advancement and brings little money
A dead end job
to fail/ to be destroyed financially
to go belly up/ to go to the wall/ to go bust/ to shut up shop
a very easy job
a cushy number
работать с усердием
to work with gusto/ to work with zeal
The total, the final figure on a balance sheet / the most important feature of something
The bottom line
to be very successful in business
to do a roaring trade/ to corner the market/ to go great guns
someone that has a second job in addition to their main job, often without informing their main employers or the tax office
moonlighter
работать в поте лица
To sweat blood/ to work one's fingers to the bone/ to slog one's guts out
To make certain that the amount of money spent is not more than the amount of money received
To balance the books
to get a job at a low level in a company, which you take only because you want a better job in this company in the future
to get a foot in the door
ХАПУГА (социальный нахлебник)
scrounger/ welfarist