Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Some expressions in business

1) put on the map - it means well known.
(we can put this in the sentence like this:)
This new product will put us on the map.
(that means that new product will make us well known.)

2) savvy - means knowlegeable, smart in certain area (s.a.v.v.y)
(here is an example)
We hired Tom because he is computer savvy.
(It means We hired Tom because he knows a lot about computers or he is smart and knowledgeable about computers.)

3) Play hardball - in a tough situation or dealing sb in a hard way.
(here's an example)
If our competitors won't comply, we are going to have to play a hardball.
(means if our compititors won't comply, we are going to have to go through a tough situation or we are going to have to go in a hard way.)

4) Power lunch - do business over lunch (normally used for business people)
eg., Today our boss and our finance department went out for a power lunch.
(means Our boss and finance department went out to disucss business over lunch)

5) The bottom line - means final result, outcome, in the end.
e.g, We worked hard on our sales pitch but the bottom line is that we didn't make the sale.
(means, As the end result, we didn't make the sale though we worked hard for it.)

6) Tweak (something) - adjust, fine-tune, amend, make a slight adjustment
e.g, I just have to tweak my report a little bit and then it will be finished.
(means I just need to amend / adjust my report a little bit to finish it.)

7) flying by the seat of (sb) pants - (has a negative connotation that you don't prepare or plan flying by the seat of your pants / off the cuff) means do something with no preparation or planning
e.g, Tom's presentations are bad. He is always flying by the seat of his pants. (ျဖစ္သလုိလုပ္ / ႀကဳံသလုိ လုပ္ရတာ / လုပ္တာ)
means Tom's presentations are bad. He always doesn't prepare in advance.

Last expression:
8) number crunching - analyze something
e.g, I am going to go back to my office and crunch some numbers.
means I am going to go back to my office to analyze some financial figures or budgeting or some thing like that.

all the best,

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