Workplace & Business Idioms & Phrases - 12/02/19
*learn the ropes = learn the basics ("I'm still learning the ropes")
*cut-throat = very competitive and aggressive.
ballpark / ballpark figure / ballpark number = a rough estimation of large numbers.
*go down the drain = waste of work/energy/ effort.
*put the horse before the cart = you have to do A before you do B.
*red tape = rules/laws that seem unnecessary.
*rock the boat = doing something that will probably upset people (one example is can be a dramatic change/reform) - "don't rock the boat!".
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*put all the eggs in one basket.
*my hands are tied
*in a nutshell
*"stand your ground!"
*out in the open
*long shot
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Workplace & Business Idioms & Phrases - 12/02/19
*learn the ropes = learn the basics ("I'm still learning the ropes") (רכישת שיטות של המשרד הספציפי.)*cut-throat = very competitive and aggressive. (בדיוק)
ballpark / ballpark figure / ballpark number = a rough estimation of large numbers. (נכון)
*go down the drain = waste of work/energy/ effort.
*put the horse before the cart = you have to do A before you do B. (More specifically, to "put the cart before the horse" means to do things backward, in the wrong order. If you need to do A in order to accomplish B, then yes, doing B first would be to put the cart before the horse).
*red tape = rules/laws that seem unnecessary. (בארץ, יש הרבה)
*rock the boat = doing something that will probably upset people (one example is can be a dramatic change/reform) - "don't rock the boat!".
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*put all the eggs in one basket. (Depend entirely on one option, and ignore all other possibilities)
*my hands are tied (לא יכולה לעשות כלום בקשר לזה)
*in a nutshell לסיכום. הגרסה הקצרה
*"stand your ground!"
*out in the open שקוף. כנה
*long shot
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