Idioms
About Right
All over the place
- In a disorganized or confused state
- Everywhere
Break a leg
Good luck.
Brown Bag (meeting)
Informal meeting, lunch-time meeting (eating the food in the brown bag).
Due to
Caused by or ascribable to -- because of.
Fudge Factor
A figure included in a calculation to account for some unquantified but significant phenomenon or to ensure a desired result.
Go the extra mile
To do more than one is required to do.
Just Right
- Perfect
- Ideal
- Optimal
Meet the Bar
Meet the expected standard, the level; good enough.
Named after
To intentionally give someone or something the same name or a derivation of the same name as another person, place, or thing.
No frills
- Without unnecessary extras.
- A no-frills or no frills service or product is one for which the non-essential features have been removed to keep the price low.
On point
Relevant and appropriate to what is happening or being discussed.
One stop shop
Where people can find most of what they need, including information, in one place.
Out of whack
If something is out of whack, it is not working properly, often because its natural balance has been upset ("sbalat!").
Percolating (Idea)
When an idea percolates, it's filtered through a group of people.
Pet peeve
Something that a particular person finds especially annoying.
Pigeonhole
Assign an often restrictive category; to classify.
Pull the andon cord
Notify managers & upper levels of a problem.
Putting someone on the spot
Force someone into a situation in which they must make a difficult decision or, answer a difficult question.
Step into someone's shoes
Do the work of someone else Take a role/task that someone else has been doing
Step on someone's toes
Do something that upset or offends someone
Take the plunge
Decide to do something
Talk past
Talk past (each other): different subjects, while believing that they are talking about the same thing
Tick-skinned
If you say that someone is thick-skinned, you mean that they are not easily upset by criticism or unpleasantness.
What's the catch
Question asked when an offer is too good to be true.