Idioms

• "Pulling your weight"=doing your share of the work

• "Jump the gun"=acting rashly

• "Blows my mind"=it surprises or baffles you

• "Run with it"=proceed with an idea

• "Cracks me up"=makes you laugh

• "24/7"=24 hours a day, 7 days a week

• "tough break"=used when something unfortunate happens

• "ahead of the curve"/"ahead of the pack"=ahead of or better than the competition

• "ASAP"=As Soon As Possible

• "Ballpark number"=an estimate

• "blue collar" vs "white collar"=blue collar workers work with their hands while white collar workers work in an office

• "By the book"=follow the rules 100%

• "Go the extra mile"=do more than is expected of you

• "grey area"=it is undefined, uncategorized, unsure of how the rules apply

• "hands are tied"=no control of the situation 

• "You have your work cut out for you"=a particularly difficult assignment 

• "Hit the nail on the head"=did the job 100% correctly

• "In the black"/"In the red"=a company is in the black when they are making a profit, they are losing money when they are in the red

• "nine-to-five"=a normal job, from 9am to 5pm

• "no strings attached"=you are given something without anything expected in return

• "pink slip"=fired

• "put all your eggs in one basket"=to bet everything on one thing

• "put the cart before the horse"=do things in the wrong order

• "start/get off on the wrong/right foot"=to start something negatively/positively 

• "state of the art"=modern and technologically advanced

• "elephant in the room"=a big and obvious problem that nobody wants to talk about

• "touch base"=to make contact with someone

• "up in the air"=undecided

• "play by ear"=to figure things out as you go