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Work Idioms

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Through thick and thin

In good and bad times.

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To cost an arma and a leg

To be very expensive.

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To splash out

To spend a lot of money, especially on things you don't need.

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To make a killing

To make a lot of money.

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To earn chicken feed

To earn a very small amount of money.

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To make a living

To earn enough money to buy the things that you need.

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To do the donkey work

To do the hard or boring work.

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To give someone green light

To give permission for something to happen.

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To work banker's hours

To have a short working day.

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To cut corners

To do something in the easiest, cheapest, or fastest way.

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To have a finger in every pie

To be involved in and have influence over many different activities, often in a way that people do not approve of.

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To be in the black

To be earning more money than you spend.

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To be in the red

To be spending more money than you earn.

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To work to rule

A form of protest in which employees do exactly what is stated in their contracts, and nothing more, in order to slow down production.

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To be a workhorse

A person who does a lot of work, especially of a type that is necessary but not interesting.

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To beaver away at something

To work hard for a long time.

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To make ends meet

To have just enough money to pay for the things that you need

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To get something off the ground

To make something successful.

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To keep one's nose to the grindstone

To do hard, continuous work .

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To call the shots

To make the important decisions.

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To keep one's mind on the job

To continue thinking about, concentrate on, or remain focused on something.

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