如何申请银行贷款，职场英语口语 《Speak Business Engl...
Lesson 23 IDIOMS英文释义
- (to get or to have) under one's belt: to get or to have experience
- EXAMPLE: Before you start your own coffee shop, you should work at Starbucks to get some experience under your belt.
- nothing to sneeze at: not insignificant; impressive
- EXAMPLE: This year, our company opened 15 new sales offices overseas. That's nothing to sneeze at!
- (to) know something inside and out: to know something very well
- EXAMPLE: If you're having a problem with your presentation, ask Pam for help. She knows PowerPoint inside and out.
- different animal: something entirely different
- EXAMPLE: The Gap had many years of experience selling clothing through retail stores. When they started the Gap.com, they found out that selling online was a different animal.
- no-brainer: an easy decision; an obvious choice
- EXAMPLE: Most of our clients are based in Korea, so it's a no-brainer to open an office there.
- (to) compare apples to oranges: to compare two unlike things; to make an invalid comparison
- EXAMPLE: Comparing a night at EconoLodge with a night at the Four Seasons is like comparing apples to oranges. One is a budget motel, and the other is a luxury hotel.
- NOTE: You will also see the related expression "compare apples to apples" which means to compare two things of the same type. This means that you are making a valid comparison, as opposed to when you're comparing apples to oranges.
- (to) go back to the drawing board: to start a task over because the last try failed; to start again from the beginning
- EXAMPLE: We didn't like the print advertisement our ad agency designed, so we asked them to go back to the drawing board.
- in the bag: a sure thing
- EXAMPLE: Boeing executives thought that the new military contract was in the bag and were surprised when it was awarded to Airbus instead.
- SYNONYM: a done deal. Example: Boeing executives thought the new military contract was a done deal.
- (to) jump through hoops: to go through a lot of difficult work for something; to face many bureaucratic obstacles
- EXAMPLE: We had to jump through hoops to get our visas to Russia, but we finally got them.
- (to) miss the point: to not understand
- EXAMPLE: You're missing the point. Your son wants an expensive new cell phone so he can impress his friends, not because he actually needs all of those bells and whistles.
- (to) beef up: to improve; to add to
- EXAMPLE: Leave plenty of extra time at the airport. Ever since they beefed up security, it takes a long time to get through the lines.
