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at work 1.at one's place of work.I'm sorry to call you at work, but this is important.She's at work now. She'll be home at supper time. 2.working [at something]; busy [with something]. (See alsoat play.)Tom is presently at work on his project. He'll be finished in a ...
out of fires: Ugh,this week I'v been putting out fires everyday. drop the ball:I really don't like the new coworker.He 's always dropping the ball. Wear different hats:I wear a lot of hats at my job. get back on track:All right,lunch is over,let's get back on track. ===...
And this is a really great one to use at work in a professional context so instead of saying "I don't know" which is negative and it doesn't really make you seem very professional or helpful but by saying that you're in two minds about something suggests that you're actively thinking...
To be up to your eyeballs in something(为一项工作忙得不可开交)。 Now essentially this means that you have too much of something more than you want. 这意味着你做的的比你想要的多。 So often we would use this expression when talking about work. 我们在谈论工作时经常会用到这个表达。 I am...
1.Get your act together (Meaning: you need to improve your behaviour/work) This might be something your teacher says to you if you score badly in an exam or if you misbehave in class. You can also use it to talk about people in general. For example, if your friend is being mean or...
So it's not too many to manage.所以不需要学习太多。Now I've chosen these six idioms because I've noticed myself this week using them quite regularly.我选择了这六个习语，因为我注意到在这周我经常使用它们。These are six of the most common idioms that I would use and often hear.这是我...
And knowing what category an idiom comes from can sometimes help you to remember it and to use it. So, let's have a look first at the different types of idiom and then later we'll look in more detail specifically about idioms for people, okay?知道一个习语来自哪个类别有时可以帮助你记住...
In the meantime, I've got fifteen English expressions for you to learn to help you talk about working from home and doing things professionally at home. Now some of them are informal but you can definitely still use them in a professional context, especially if you've got a good ...
PROPER HANDLING OF IDIOMS - THREE RULES TO GO BY The extempore interpreting of idioms is always difficult. Our mother tongue, the Chinese language, is particularly rich in idioms. So is English. The same meaning could of course be...