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Business Idioms

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    Business Idioms on: Decision - Leadership - Jobs - Money - Sales & Marketing - Negotiation - Problems - Schedule - Read the definition and come up with the idiom.
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  • The boss; authority in general. (Leadership)
    (The) Man
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  • Offering ideas not yet in general circulation; highly creative. (Leadership)
    Ahead of the curve
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  • A wide prerspectivie; a broad view of something. (Leadership)
    Big picture
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  • A change in leadership at an organisation. (Leadership)
    Changing of the guard
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  • Make the important decisions in an organisation. (Leadership)
    call the shots
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  • Avoid treating someone strictly or severely. (Leadership)
    cut someone some slack
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  • Influential people, especially in a particular field. (Leadership)
    Movers and shakers
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  • Scold severely (Leadership)
    Rake someone over the coals
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  • Inspire someone to work very hard. (Leadership)
    Light a fire under someone
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  • To be fired (Jobs)
    Get the sack
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  • In great danger of elimination or failure. (Jobs)
    Hanging by a thread
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  • Free from blame or responsibility to do something. (Jobs)
    off the hook
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  • The ordinary members of an organisation. (Jobs)
    Rank and file
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  • Become more successful (Jobs)
    Move up in the world / move up the ladder
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  • Fire someone, remove someone from a group or a team. (Jobs)
    Give someone the Old Heave-Ho
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  • A layoff notice; loss of a job, typically because of layoffs. (Jobs)
    Pink slip.
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