today I'm going to talk to you about
some business expressions that we use
all the time that's coming up the
expressions that I'm going to teach you
today are used quite often and these are
business expressions that we use no
matter whether we work in an office a
restaurant a school these expressions
are universal so let's begin the first
expression is this one ASAP ASAP it's an
acronym that stands for as soon as
possible and we say this when we really
want to express urgency that that we
need something immediately and you might
hear somebody say you know I need this
thing ASAP or you could say all four
letters means the same thing I need it
ASAP
right now immediately ASAP ASAP that
means now I want you out of here ASAP
look at that to use ap Daryll I only
need to see you in his office ASAP
so you can all get in your constructive
compliments ASAP sergeant let me know
was available exactly the next business
expression is to go the extra mile and
this means that that someone is doing
more than expected and they're making a
special effort to achieve some goal
someone can go the extra mile I go the
extra mile and let it be said I do not
go the extra mile for a client it's
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picture and that just happens to be
another great business expression look
at the big picture to look at the big
picture means to look at a situation as
a whole and that you are able to see all
of the important facts in different
situations you might hear somebody say
you know we need to look at the big
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useful business expression 24/7 it means
24 hours a day 7 days a week and a
person might use this if they're talking
about their availability and say hey you
know you can contact me 24/7 or a
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are you waiting for it's time to get the
ball rolling and that is our next
expression to get the ball rolling means
to do something to start in activity
you're basically saying let's begin and
often you would hear someone just say
you know let's get the ball rolling or
it's time to get the ball rolling let's
get the ball rolling I'll tell you what
I think is to get the ball rolling and
to get the ball rolling I will tell you
the darkest secrets the next expression
passed the buck and when someone passes
the buck
they are basically shifting
responsibility to someone else they're
passing the buck we use this at work
when we're talking about someone who
they don't want to do their work and
they want to shift responsibility to
another co-worker and they would pass
the buck try not to pass the buck it's
not good you're not gonna make friends
that way one of my favorite expressions
is back to the drawing board or you
could also say back to square one and
what this means is that you are
admitting that an idea or a proposal has
been unsuccessful and that you have to
just start over again and create a new
idea start new start fresh go back to
the drawing board go back to the drawing
board oh well back to the drawing and
work in business this happens all the
time we do different things it's
unsuccessful and we can just say you
know it's time to go back to the drawing
board the next expression is red tape
and this is used to express that there
is just an excessive amount of
bureaucracy there are just too many
rules that a person or a business has to
follow
be hot and heavy and I want a bunch of
bureaucratic red tape not letting this
get derailed by red tape tried to get
some but it would have taken months to
clear up the red tape most of the time
when when you hear this it's talking
about government people use it to say
that there's just too much bureaucracy
in government you want to do something
you have to go through all this red tape
it can be pretty annoying another
expression which is one of my favorites
is I need it yesterday and as a
statement it's gonna sound confusing but
when somebody says this they really want
to show a sense of urgency that
something it needs to happen right now
actually it should have already been
done which is why they would say I need
it yesterday it's real I need some noise
like that pick it up and bring it to the
hospital we need it yesterday maybe
you're talking to a co-worker or even
your boss and you say hey you know when
should I have that ready for you and
they might be a little upset and say you
know I need it yesterday you should have
already done this thing so if your boss
tells you I need it yesterday you better
do it ASAP
another great expression which is also a
statement that you would just say to
somebody is I'm afraid I didn't get that
and the reason why I think this is so
useful is because it's a way of
clarifying information especially when
you're talking on the phone so if you're
speaking to somebody on the phone and
they're telling you something and maybe
you're trying to write it down and it's
going too fast you could say I'm afraid
I didn't get that I'm sorry I didn't get
most of that so if you're on the phone
and you want to clarify the information
that somebody is giving you then you
could just say I'm sorry I'm afraid I
didn't get that if you enjoyed learning
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