Business Idioms 1

about time (too) = to finally do something

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"They've finally appointed a new chairman, and it's about time too."​

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above board =to be legal and honest

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"The tax loophole is all above board."

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across the board = including everyone or everything

"The pay increases will be applied across the board."

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all in a day's work = a task that falls into normal daily work routines

​"Dealing with emergencies is all in a day's work."

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(all) par for the course = normal, to be expected

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"Delays of up to six months are par for the course."

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at loggerheads = to disagree strongly with someone

"The two managers were at loggerheads over the expansion plans."​

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at the helm = in charge (also "take the helm")

"He decided to step down after 20 years at the helm of the company he'd founded."

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back down = withdraw your demands in a negotiation, or accept you've lost the argument

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​"The union says that if we don't back down on our demands, they'll call a strike."

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backlash = a negative consequence or reaction after an action or event

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"If we make further losses, we risk a backlash from our investors."

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backroom boys = people whose work is important but who don't get much

recognition

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"The backroom boys in the R&D department are essential to our innovation strategy."

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are often carrying out similar work and running similar risks as the chief staff.

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I think it is

these people were fined for this behaviour.

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As the power of biotechnology has exploded over the past decade, it has evoked an enormous

of opposition.

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Local residents have forced the local council to

from/on its plans to build a nightclub on their street.

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The improvement has been

, with all divisions either increasing profits or reducing losses.

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There is nothing unusual in our case; it is just about

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With Steve Lewis

, we are certain of success.

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The principal and the teachers were

over some of the new school rules.

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It is open and

and follows democratic procedures.

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When you're a nurse, cleaning up vomit is

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