work idioms

burn the midnight oil

• explain to someone how to do a job or activity

  
  

  call the shots

• work late into the night

• o be in trouble

• To fail to attend to one's responsibilities or duties

to be a clock watcher

• explain to someone how to do a job or activity

• Time to quit

• to watch someone carefully and constantly

• an employee who demonstrates lack of interest in a job by watching the time closely to be sure to stop work as soon as the workday or shift is over

show somebody the ropes

• an arrangement that is good for both sides

• explain to someone how to do a job or activity

• perform calculations

• Put a project on hold

Peel the onion

• to be uninformed

• to do something unpleasant

• to dig below the surface to find real meaning

• to agree on a subject

Ramp up

• to be uninformed

• to be scolded

• increase

• to work for very little money

To do donkey work

• to do the hard, boring part of a job

• To fail to attend to one's responsibilities or duties

• to make decisions

• do something the cheapest or easiest way

cut corners

• do something the cheapest or easiest way

• a metaphorical barrier preventing advancement to a higher position

• pay attention and be alert

• to regain energy

stay on your ......

breathe down somebody's ......

get a .......in the door