10 IDIOMS IN ENGLISH USED IN AMERICA (WORK, BUSINESS RELATED)

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Idioms widely used in American English to talk about work and money:
Expressions related to money
Put your money where your mouth is – stop talking about what you can do and show me; or if you’re so confident, let’s bet on it (put money on it)
Rags to riches – the American dream summed up in one expression; showing up as a poor immigrant and becoming rich through hard work – rags represent the dirty, ripped clothing of a poor person
My two cents – giving your opinion when it wasn’t exactly asked for
Coin (verb) a new term – to make a word or expression widely used by using it in a popular text or speech. example: Shakespeare is responsible for coining many English words and expressions in common use today.
Cost an arm and a leg – way too expensive, not only do they want all your cash, but they want your body parts too – My new computer cost me an arm and a leg.

Expressions related to work
To wear many hats – to do tasks that would normally be different roles in a company; to do sales and also accounting. It’s very common in small companies where a few employees do all the necessary jobs.
Back to the drawing board- meaning we have to start over; whatever plan we were working on has failed and we have to start at the beginning of the planning process now.
The bottom line – the most important thing in a business; earning money. The bottom line is your profit margin. “The CEO doesn’t care about anything but the bottom line.”
To cook the books – dishonest accounting. Lying in the accounting documents, hiding income from the tax collector.
Cold calling – sales calls to people who don’t expect to be called; cold represents the fact that they have not been warmed up to the idea of buying something from you; in the past, calling also meant knocking on people’s doors, luckily this practice a]is not so common anymore. Imagine someone ringing your bell to try to sell you a vacuum cleaner or a new frying pan.
Expressions related to love and dating
Ghosted – a rude way to end a relationship in the cell phone age; to disappear like a ghost and just stop replying to their calls and text messages
Clingy – this adjective is used for someone who is too attached in a relationship; calling all the time, getting jealous, etc. the same word is used for when your clothing sticks to your hair after being in the dryer (static cling) and for good reason
Out of your league – someone who is so attractive that you couldn’t possibly date them; in baseball there are minor and major leagues – only the major league is on TV, the others are not famous and they don’t play games against each other
Wingman – a friend who will go out with you and help you meet someone by flirting with the other person’s friends; it’s possible to have a wing woman, but of course it’s usually men. One man alone at the bar trying to flirt with women is seen as a little bit creepy and certainly not easy.
Head over heels – to be totally in love with someone so that your body has figuratively flipped upside down; originally heels over head, but it changed in the 1800s maybe because it sounds a little better

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