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| Kifejezés | Jelentés | Példa a használatban |
| Ahead of the pack | Sikeresebbnek lenni, mint a konkurencia / az élen járni | If we want to stay ahead of the pack, we'll have to increase our marketing budget. |
| Back to square one | Valamit előről kezdeni, mert az előző próbálkozás nem sikerült. | To make this software finally work, we have to go back to square one. |
| Ballpark number/figure | Hasraütés szerű becslés | To give you a ballpark figure, how much the border wall to Mexico is going to cost, I'd say about 30 million dollars. |
| Big picture | A nagy képet tekintve | Working on all these details, we have lost sight of the big picture. |
| By the book | Jogszerűen eljárni | We told our auditors that we do everything by the book. |
| Corner the market | Dominálni a piacon | Amazon more or less corners the online retailing market. |
| Cut-throat | Agresszív konkurens | Competition in the food retailing business is cut-throat. |
| Easy come, easy go | Könnyen jött, könnyen ment | I lost 500 Euros in a poker game last night, but that's life - easy come, easy go. |
| Game plan | Egy stratégia/"játékterv" | What is our game plan for dealing with our new competitor? |
| Get down to business | Térjünk a tárgyra | Now that everyone's here, let's get down to business and start with the presentation. |
| Get something off the ground | Elkezdeni valamit (pl egy business-t) | Now that we have finished the planning phase, we're eager the get the project off the ground. |
| Go down the drain | Hiába való volt | All our efforts in entering this new market went down the drain. |
| Go the extra mile | Megtenni az extra kilómétert | To give our customers the best shopping experience, we go the extra mile. |
| Hands are tied | Meg van kötve a keze (átv) | I'd love to help you, but my hands are tied. |
| In a nutshell | dióhéjban | In a nutshell, we will run out of cash in three months time. |
| In full swing | teljes erőbedobással | Construction of our new production site is in full swing now. |
| In the driver's seat | A főnöki székben/pozícióban lenni | Being offered the position of managing director, I'll soon be in the driver's seat. |
| Keep one's eye on the ball | Valamire maximálisan figyelni | We should not diversify our product offering too much, but rather keep our eyes on the ball. |
| Learn the ropes | Megtanulni az alapokat | I'm learning the ropes in my new position. |
| Long shot | Valami, amire kevés esély van | Winning the lottery is a long shot. |
| No-brainer | Valami, ami egyértelmű, kihagyhatatlan | Making money working for an investment bank is a no-brainer. |
| No strings attached | Kritériumok nélkül / korlátlanul | They will let you try the product for free with no strings attached. |
| Not going to fly | Valami nem fog működni | This product is definitely not going to fly. |
| On the same page | Egyetérteni valamin | Let's go over the contract details once more to make sure we're on the same page. |
| Out in the open | Valami, ami publikus | Our financials our out in the open anyway. |
| Put all one's eggs in one basket | Mindent egy kosárba tenni | It's not smart to invest in American tech stocks only and put all one's eggs in one basket. |
| Put the cart before the horse | Rossz sorrendben | Trying to find an investor without having a business plan is like putting the cart before the horse. |
| Raise the bar | Megemelni az elvárásokat | The iPhone raised the bar for smartphone makers. |
| Red tape | Bürokrácia | The new law is going to create a lot of red tape. |
| Rock the boat | Bekavar, okvetlenkedik | Don't rock the boat until the negotiations are finished. |
| Safe bet | Biztos fogadás / biztosan meg fog történni | It's a safe bet that computer processor speed will more than triple within the next 10 years. |
| Same boat | Egy csónakban evezni | None of us has any money left, so we're all in the same boat. |
| See eye to eye | Egyetérteni valakivel | My boss doesn't see eye to eye with me about our marketing campaign. |
| See something through | Végig vinni | I want to see this project through before taking on another one. |
| Sever ties | Megszakítani a kapcsolatot | We had to sever ties with several suppliers due to poor product quality. |
| Shoot something down | Elutasítani valamit | You shouldn't shoot down your co-workers ideas during a brainstorming session. |
| Smooth sailing | Sima ügy / valami, ami nehézségek nélkül elérhető | Once our largest competitor went out of business, it was smooth sailing. |
| Stand one's ground | Kiállni az igazadért | They tried to cut my travel budget, but I stood my ground. |
| Take the bull by the horns | Szarvánál fogja meg a bikát / megküzd a nehézségekkel | My mid-level managers constantly delayed projects, so I took the bull by the horns and fired several of them. |
| Talk someone into something | Meggyőzni valakit valamiről | I was reluctant to redesign our website, but my employees talked me into it. |
| Talk someone out of something | Lebeszélni valakit valamiről | We wanted to take on more debt, but our CFO talked us out of it. |
| The elephant in the room | A kimondatlan dolog, amiről senki sem akar beszélni | We should have discussed our pending litigation, but no one wanted to talk about the elephant in the room. |
| Think outside the box | A "dobozon kívűl" gondolkozni | Our current approach will get us nowhere. We have to think outside the box. |
| Time's up | Lejárt az ideje | I think his time's up as the CEO. |
| Touch base | Kapcsolatot felvenni valakivel | I will touch base with you later today. |
| Twist someone's arm | Meggyőzni valakit valamiről, amit nem akar megcsinálni | My boss thought the budget was a little high, so I had to twist his arm to get him to agree to it. |
| Up in the air | Valami, ami még nincs eldöntve/ lóg a levegőben | Our international expansion plan is still up in the air. |
| Uphill battle | Valami, amit nehéz elérni az akadályok miatt | Gaining market share in this country will be an uphill battle due to tough competition. |
| Upper hand | Felsőbb kéz | Due to my experience, I had the upper had in the argument. |
| Word of mouth | Szájról-szájra | Many local stores rely on word of mouth to get new customers. |
