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Common business idioms
2016/10/18
Last week we looked at some common business idioms with ‘have’. This week we are going to look at some common idioms with ‘do’ and ‘show’.
 
Task 1: Study the language bank and example sentences.
 
 
 
 
 
do
 
 
 
 
 
 never~anything by halves
 
 the honors
 
 a roaring trade (in s/th)
 
 the rounds
 
 the trick
 
 be well-to- ~
 always put all your energy into whatever you’re working on
 serve a meal, make a toast, make a speech
 
 sell really well
 
 visit lots of different people as part of a routine.
 
 be successful, function properly
 
 be rich
He never does anything by halves. That’s why he’s always so successful.
John, would you do the honors please? Yes, of course. Welcome everybody! We’re here today to celebrate Mark’s retirement. Let’s raise our glasses to him.
This product is really popular. We’re doing a roaring trade in it.
I’ve been doing the rounds of our most important customers to tell them of our new prices.
The copier is broken again? Kick it. That should do the trick. Oh, look, now it works.
I don’t know why he needs a job. His wife is very well-to-do.
 
 
 
 
show
 
 
 
 s/o the ropes
 s/o the door
 
 what you are made of
 
 run the ~
 show someone how to do a new job
 ask someone to leave because they have offended you
 reveal your true potential in a stressful situation
 
 manage the company.
Let me show you the ropes. You’ll soon learn how to do the job. It’s not hard.
If you don’t stop shouting, I’ll call security and ask them to show you the door.
I think this difficult project will give me chance to show what I’m made of. I can do it, and I like a challenge.
When the boss is away on a business trip, his assistant runs the show.
 
 
 
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