Prepared by H. Belbin 2011 CSPS- EFPC Body-related Idioms and Expressions CENSORED.
Idioms related to work and jobs
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Idioms related to work and jobs
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Beaver away at something
to work hard for a long time: She has been beavering away at that essay for hours.
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Keep one’s mind on the job
To give all one’s attention to the job at hand.If she wants to be promoted, she’ll need to keep her mind on the job.
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To mean business
To be very, very serious.Stop laughing! I mean business!
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Make ends meet
To earn and spend equal amounts of money. (Usually in reference to a meager living with little if any money after basic expenses.) I have to work at two jobs to make ends meet. Through better budgeting, I am learning to make both ends meet.
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Get something off the ground
If you get a project off the ground, you start it and make it successful. You can also say that a project gets off the groundNo volunteers came forward to enable the youth club to get off the ground.
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Be someone’s right-hand manAlso right-hand woman. Someone who helps you with your work and who you depend upon. How will the Director cope without his right-hand man, who resigned yesterday due to ill health?
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Call the shots
To make the decisions; to decide what is to be done. Sally always wants to call the shots, and Mary doesn't like to be bossed around.
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Have time on one’s hand
To have extra time; to have time to spare. Your problem is that you have
too much time on your hands. I don't have time on my hands. I
am busy all the time.
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Keep one’s nose to the grindstone
To work continuously. After a year of keeping your nose to the
grindstone, you finally get away for that vacation you've dreamed about.
Usage notes: sometimes used in the shortened form nose to the grindstone: During the exam period, it was all nose
to the grindstone.
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To be an inside jobAn inside job is a crime, usually larceny, robbery or embezzlement, committed by a person with a position of trust who is authorized to access a location or procedure with little or no supervision, e.g., a key employee or manager. The perpetrator can also be a former employee who still has specialized knowledge necessary to facilitate the crime.