发信人: longcarbet(dreamhome)
整理人: roy_young(2002-03-26 17:47:02), 站内信件
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to deliver the goods
to do well at your job, especially to fulfill high expectations of you
EXAMPLE:
“We were delighted by the young new salesman who made more sales than anyone else in his first week on the job, proving to us that he could really deliver the goods.”
to face the music
to take the consequences for one’s actions, usually unpleasant consequences
EXAMPLE:
The sales manager had made all his successful sales representatives so angry that they all quit last week, and so he had to return to meet his boss at headquarters and face the music.
to flesh out a proposal
to give or to create a more complete description of an idea
EXAMPLE:
“Our company’s president, Mr. Smith, liked the new idea our engineering chief, Ms. Jones, had suggested recently, and he asked her to flesh out her proposal before it was presented to our company’s board of directors.”
to get the pink slip
to get fired, or to get laid off (traditionally, an official
notice of termination was printed on pink paper.
EXAMPLE:
When the XYZ company’s sales fell in half for the second
year in row, many of it s employees got the pink slip.
to give away the farm
to enter a business deal as a seller in which too much is given to the buyer
EXAMPLE:
“The desperate salesman dropped the price of his products to make many deals, but his boss worried that he was giving away the farm.”
to go the extra mile
to make an extra effort in making a deal or providing service (from the Biblical proverb “if someone asks you to walk one mile, walk two miles”)
EXAMPLE:
“In order to provide the best customer service our computer systems company always went the extra mile and provided free installation and user training at the customer’s worksite.”
to go belly-up
in business, to collapse; to go out of business (“belly” means stomach, so going belly-up means to turn on your back and float like a dead fish)
EXAMPLE:
My brother’s company went belly-up last month when its revenues were far below its monthly debts, so now he’s looking for a job.
to have the inside track
to have a special advantage that helps you win (in a race on a circular racecourse the track closest to the middle is called the “inside track” and is shorter than outer tracks)
EXAMPLE:
Because Mr. Jones had worked in our industry for 20 years and knew all the customers and their particular needs, he had the inside track on getting the job as Vice President of Sales at our company.
to hit the nail on the head
to say or to understand the heart of a problem, issue or idea
EXAMPLE:
“The intelligent company president listened carefully to our department’s concerns and when he spoke we knew he understood the issues exactly; he really hit the nail on the head.”
unemployment compensation
local government payments to a former worker who has been fired (usually for six months)
EXAMPLE:
When the XYZ Company went out of business and laid off its employees, they received small unemployment compensation checks each week that helped pay their bills until they got new jobs at other companies.
user friendly
easy to operate (usually a computer term)
EXAMPLE
Built for home or business use, many new computers with
graphical interface software are much more user friendly than older computer systems that only data processing professionals could use effectively.
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