Expressions, Idioms & Proverbs about Job :

October 26, 2009 - Idioms, Proverbs, Slang - Tagged: common idioms about job and business, Ever bod!s business
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Every bodys business is nobodys business :
,eaning: Ever bod!s &or-, belongs just to $imsel"+
Diligence is the mother of good luck :
,eaning: Tring to do st$, is t$e -e o" success+
There are more than one way to skin a cat :
,eaning: T$ere is more t$an #000 &a, to deal &it$ a job+
The busiest man have the most leisure :
,eaning: I" ou &ant to do st$, ou can do it even i" ou don!t $ave time+
He who can, does; he who can not, teaches :
,eaning: . %erson &$o -no&s do but a %erson &$o doesn!t -no& just claim+
If a thing worth doing, its worth doing well :
,eaning: /$en st$ $as value, do our best to do it+
The labourer is worthy of his hire :
,eaning: Everbod!s value measures b $is job+
ack of all trades :
,eaning: . %erson &$o claims about evert$ing but do not$ing+
!ake a good " bad #ob :
,eaning: do somet$ing good 0 bad+
ust the #ob " ticket $informal% :
,eaning: E1actl &$at is &anted or needed+
&ive sb " sth u' as a bad :
,eaning: 2ecide t$at is im%ossible to do st$+
( #ob of work :
,eaning: /or- t$at ou are %aid to do or t$at must be done+
&ood #ob :
,eaning: 3sed to tell sb t$at $e $as done &ell at st$+
Have a difficult #ob doing " to do sth :
,eaning: 4ind it di""icult to do st$+
Its a good #ob :
English Idioms & Idiomatic Expressions
Employment - Jobs
(idioms, page 1 : at all costs golden handcuffs)
above and
beyond the
call of duty
If a person does something which is above and beyond the call of
duty, they show a greater degree of courage or effort than is usually
required or expected in their job
The fire-fighter received a medal for his action which went above and
beyond the call of duty.
back-room
boys
!his term refers to people who do important wor" but ha#e no contact
with the public
Back-room boys don't always receive the credit they deserve for their
work.
brain drain !he departure of highly qualified people (scientists, engineers, etc) for
other countries, where they ha#e better opportunities and usually
better pay, is called the brain drain.
busman's
holiday
$ busman's holiday is when you spend your spare time or your
holidays doing the same sort of acti#ity as you do in your job
My husband is a chef, so for him time off with the family is often a
busman's holiday!
cream of
the crop
!his expression refers to the best people or things in a particular
group
As usual, the cream of the cro of this year's graduates were offered
the best !obs.
dead wood !he term dead wood refers to people or things which are no longer
considered useful or necessary
The new manager wants to reduce costs by cutting out the dead
wood.
on the dole $ person who recei#es financial assistance from the go#ernment when
they are unemployed is on the dole.
Their father is on the dole so the family is living on a tight budget.
dream
ticket
If you refer to two people as a dream ticket, you thin" they would wor"
well together and be successful
Two world chamions teaming u for the children's fund-raising ro!ect
would be a dream ticket.
duty bound If you are duty bound to do something, you are required to do it
as part of your obligations
Teachers are duty bound to reort a uil's absence from school.
earn while
you learn
!his expression refers to the possibility of earning a salary while in
training
Become an arentice and get aid while in training. "arn while you
learn!
firing line %omeone who is in the firing line is in a position to be critici&ed
because of their responsibilities or the position they hold
The managing director of the bank is in the firing line since the fraud
was discovered.
get the axe If someone gets the axe, they lose their job
#hen a comany is restructured, the senior staff are often the first to
get the a$e.
golden
handcuffs
!he term golden handcuffs refers to a large sum of money or a
generous financial arrangement granted to an executi#e as an
incenti#e to stay in their job, or to ensure long'term cooperation after
their departure
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I can!t change the direction o" the #ind$ but I can
adjust m% sails to al#a%s reach m% destination.
Jimmy Dean

Inspirational, Change, Wind
&ou have brains in %our head. &ou have "eet in %our
shoes. &ou can steer %oursel" in an% direction %ou
choose. &ou!re on %our o#n$ and %ou 'no# #hat %ou
'no#. (nd %ou are the gu% #ho!ll decide #here to go.
Dr. Seuss

Yourself, Head, Guy
)ove does not consist in ga*ing at each other$ but in
loo'ing out#ard together in the same direction.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Love, Together, Looking
I" %ou do not change direction$ %ou ma% end up #here
%ou are heading.
Lao Tzu
Change, End, Heading
+e Impeccable ,ith &our ,ord. -pea' #ith integrit%.
-a% onl% #hat %ou mean. (void using the #ord to
spea' against %oursel" or to gossip about others. .se
the po#er o" %our #ord in the direction o" truth and
love.
Miguel Angel Ruiz
Motivational, Love, Truth
I" one advances con"identl% in the direction o" his
dreams$ and endeavors to live the li"e #hich he has
imagined$ he #ill meet #ith a success unexpected in
common hours.
Henry David Thoreau
Dreams, Life, Success
/he 'e%s to patience are acceptance and "aith. (ccept
things as the% are$ and loo' realisticall% at the #orld
around %ou. 0ave "aith in %oursel" and in the direction
%ou have chosen.
Ralph Marston
Faith, Patience, Yourself
1""orts and courage are not enough #ithout purpose
and direction.
John F. Kennedy
Courage, Enough, Purpose
/he direction in #hich education starts a man #ill
determine his "uture in li"e.
Plato
Education, Life, Future
/here are times #hen a leader must move out ahead o"
the "loc'$ go o"" in a ne# direction$ con"ident that he is
leading his people the right #a%.
Nelson Mandela
Times, Leader, Move
/he "ragrance o" "lo#ers spreads onl% in the direction o"
the #ind. +ut the goodness o" a person spreads in all
direction.
Chanakya
Wind, Flowers, Goodness
It!s better to hang out #ith people better than %ou. 2ic'
out associates #hose behavior is better than %ours and
%ou!ll dri"t in that direction.
Warren Buffett
Behavior, Whose, Pick
/he good li"e is a process$ not a state o" being. It is a
direction not a destination.
Carl Rogers

Life, Good, State
0oc'e% is a uni3ue sport in the sense that %ou need
each and ever% gu% helping each other and pulling in
the same direction to be success"ul.
Wayne Gretzky

Sports, Successful, Sense
/ime moves in one direction$ memor% in another.
William Gibson
Time, Another, Memory
4entoring is a brain to pic'$ an ear to listen$ and a
push in the right direction.
John C. Crosby
Brain, Listen, Pick
&ou cannot change %our destination overnight$ but %ou
can change %our direction overnight.
Jim Rohn

Change, Cannot, Overnight
I never doubted that e3ual rights #as the right
direction. 4ost re"orms$ most problems are
complicated. +ut to me there is nothing complicated
about ordinar% e3ualit%.
Alice Paul
Equality, Problems, Rights
/here have been times #hen I "elt suicidal and I #ould
stop m% head "rom going in that direction o" negativit%
because I thought there!d be something I!d miss that
#as "unn% in the "uture. I" there!s a chance I!m going to
laugh tomorro# then #ant to live to experience that.
Dave Navarro
Funny, Experience, Future
/oda% #e are engaged in a deadl% global struggle "or
those #ho #ould intimidate$ torture$ and murder people
"or exercising the most basic "reedoms. I" #e are to #in
this struggle and spread those "reedoms$ #e must 'eep
our o#n moral compass pointed in a true direction.
Barack Obama
Today, True, Keep
I have learned$ that i" one advances con"identl% in the
direction o" his dreams$ and endeavors to live the li"e
he has imagined$ he #ill meet #ith a success
unexpected in common hours.
Henry David Thoreau
Learning, Life, Success
5oing b% m% past journe%$ I am not certain #here li"e
#ill ta'e me$ #hat turns and t#ists #ill happen6 nobod%
'no#s #here the% #ill end up. (s li"e changes direction$
I!ll "lo# #ith it.
Katrina Kaif
Life, End, Past
,e are not retreating - #e are advancing in another
direction.
Douglas MacArthur
Another, Advancing, Retreating
0appiness is a direction$ not a place.
Sydney J. Harris

Happiness
&ou!ve got to thin' about big things #hile %ou!re doing
small things$ so that all the small things go in the right
direction.
Alvin Toffler
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