Body idioms

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to get involved and work directly on a task or project
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to get your hands dirty
I'm not afraid to get my hands dirty, I'll do whatever it takes to get the job done
The essential elements of something, often with limited resources or budget
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Bare bones
We need to operate with a bare bones budget, so let's prioritize the most critical expenses
An organized set of activities
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operation
When I was young, I ran a little bottle-collecting operation to earn extra money
the person with ideas
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the brains behind something
She's the brains behind everything, she came up with the concept and led the development team
to suggest or think of an idea or plan
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come up with
to have no knowledge about sth/sb
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to not know the first thing about something
Maria doesn't know the first thing about marketing
something that holds or covers a variety of things or ideas
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catch-all
Globalization is a catch-all term
a small business that has just been started
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startup
to want something very much, so that you would be very disappointed if you do not get it
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to have your heart set on something
to spoil or destroy an idea or plan:
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to kibosh
to put the kibosh on something. The rain certainly put the kibosh on our plans for a picnic.
ready and willing to listen
I'm all ears!
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all my ears
the most important subject that a college or university student is studying
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major
What is your major, English or French?
a person with red hair
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redhead
a new activity, usually in business, that involves risk or uncertainty
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venture
The manufacturing venture in Vietnam may bring us a huge pay-off
virtual reality: a set of images and sounds, produced by a computer, that seem to represent a place or a situation that a person can take part in:
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VR
a person who talks a lot, especially about secrets
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big mouth
said when you are promising to keep a secret:
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my lips are sealed
My lips are sealed on your plans to leave the company
quickly
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short order
to lose an opportunity or a chance
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to let something slip through your fingers
to fail or go out of business
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to go belly up
to solve a problem or find a solution
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to work out
the team is working out the details of the new project plan
to end your involvement in something
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to wash your hands of something
The manager washed his hands of the project when it started to go wrong
to refuse to change your plans or ideas, especially when someone is trying to persuade you to do so
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to dig your heels in
The manager dug in his heels and refused.

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