Business Idioms 2 Notes
| Idiom | Explanation | Example | ||||
| A fish stinks at the head first | When things are going wrong at a company, it's not the staff, it's the bosses. | |||||
| Don't work hard, work smart | This is something middle management finds impossible to understand. | |||||
| If you can't beat them, join them | When all your friends start doing something, you decide to do it too. |
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| If you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours | If you help me, then I'll help you. | |||||
| Nothing ventured, nothing gained | To be a success, you need to take risks sometimes. | |||||
| Pay peanuts, get monkeys | If you pay low wages, you'll get low quality employees. | |||||
| Problems are opportunities in disguise | Take a pro-active approach when things go wrong | |||||
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