Work Life Idioms with Meaning

 Work Life Idioms with meaning

Idioms - meaning

1.  Go the extra mile - to make an extra effort
2.  Call it a day - stop working on something
3.  It's not rocket science - something not complicated to understand
4.  Cut corners - to do something the easiest way
5.  Get the ball rolling - to get started
6.  On the back burner - low priority
7.  Back to the drawing board - to start again after a plan or idea was not successful
8.  For the long haul - a long period of time
9.  Think outside the box - to go beyond a normal idea
10.  Stay on your toes - to stay alert
11.  Raise the bars - to raise standards or expectations
12.  Back to square one - back to the beginning
13.  Rock the boat - to disturb a situation
14.  To be in hot water - to be in trouble
15.  Ramp up - to increase
16.  In the red - to be in debt
17.  By the book - to do something by law/rule
18.  Blue collar - someone who does a manual labour work
19.  Cash cow - a consistently profitable business or product
20.  Cut a deal - to reach an agreement