Business idioms

What's the difference between a product that makes a bomb and a product that costs one? How reliable is information that's straight from the horse's mouth? What would you do if you discovered your partner was cooking the books? Or that a potentially important customer was pulling your leg? Would it be appropriate to take the bit between your teeth? Or to save it for a rainy day? Or to hedge your bets? All these questions are expressed in simple, everyday, idiomatic English. If you are in business and do not understand them, you are clearly at a disadvantage. Idiomatic expressions are an integral part of English, used as frequently in the world of business as everywhere else. This book presents: - 1,000 of the most common idioms in current use in both England and America - illustrative examples drawn from authentic business sources - comprehensive exercises suitable for either classroom use or self-study - a complete answer key and an index of key words. Learn a few expressions a day. Once you start using them, you'll wonder how you ever managed to communicate without them.