English Idioms&Expression

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across the board

MEANING: including everyone or everything

EXAMPLE:

The computer company decided to give the workers an across-the-board increase in their salary.

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at a loss

MEANING: sell something and lose money


EXAMPLE:

We were forced to sell the computers at a big loss.

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bail a company out

MEANING: help or rescue a company with financial problems.


EXAMPLE:

The government decided to bail out the failing bank in order to maintain stability in the economy.

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ball park figure/estimate

MEANING: a rough estimate or figure


EXAMPLE:

The contractor gave us a ball park figure for the cost of repairing the new building.

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bang for the buck

MEANING: value for the money spent


EXAMPLE:

We were able to get a big bang for our buck when we advertised on the Internet.

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banker's hours

MEANING: short work hours


EXAMPLE:

My sister's husband owns his own company and is able to work banker's hours with his large staff

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Bean-counter

MEANING: an accountant


EXAMPLE:

We asked the bean-counters to look over the figures in the new budget.

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big gun/cheese/wheel/wig

MEANING: an important person, a leader


EXAMPLE:

The new director was a big wheel in his previous company but is not so important now.

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bottom fall out/drop out

MEANING: to fall below an earlier lowest price


EXAMPLE:

When the bottom fell out of the coffee market many companies had to stop doing business.

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bottom line

MEANING: the total, the final figure on a balance sheet


EXAMPLE:

When they examined the bottom line of the company they decided not to invest in it.

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bottom out

MEANING: reach the lowest or worst point of something


EXAMPLE:

The value of the stock has begun to bottom out and should soon begin to increase in value.

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boys/men in the backroom

MEANING: a group of men making decisions behind the scenes


EXAMPLE:

The boys in the backroom told us that we must close down the factory as soon as possible