トーク・アベニュー新宿のビジネス英語口語表現集より Today’s lesson of colloquial expression 632. to bite someone’s head off 噛みつくように言う、怒鳴りつける - this means to speak to someone quite angrily 1. John bit my head off about that m…

トーク・アベニュー新宿のビジネス英語口語表現集より Today’s lesson of colloquial expression 631. to bang your head against the wall 悩みを追い払おうとする行為 - this means to waste your time repeatedly trying to do something which you can’t…

トーク・アベニュービジネス英語口語表現集より Today’s lesson of colloquial expression 630. a shoestring budget わずかな予算 - if you do something on a shoestring budget, you do it for a very low cost 1. My cousin is trying to make a movie o…

トーク・アベニュービジネス英語口語表現集より Today’s lesson of colloquial expression 629. an open secret 公然の秘密 - a fact that is supposed to be a secret, but which is widely known, is an open secret 1. It’s an open secret that Tom and …

トーク・アベニュー新宿のビジネス英語口語表現集より Today’s lesson of colloquial expression 628. mum’s the word 他言無用 - this is said to emphasize that something will be kept secret 1. The party will be at 8:00 on Friday night, but rememb…

トーク・アベニュー新宿のビジネス英語口語表現集より Today’s lesson of colloquial expression 627. to keep something under wraps 秘密を漏らさないようにする - this means to keep something secret and not reveal it 1. Fred has been keeping his p…

トーク・アベニュー新宿のビジネス英語口語表現集より Today’s lesson of colloquial expression 626. to clock in/clock out タイムカードを押す - this means to punch a timecard into or out of work; arriving to or leaving work 1. I’m supposed to c…

トーク・アベニュー新宿ビジネス英語口語表現集より Today’s lesson of colloquial expression 625. sleep on it 一晩寝かせて考える、一晩じっくり考えなさい - this means to take time, such as until the next day, to make a decision 1. The salesman …

トーク・アベニュー新宿のビジネス英語口語表現集より Today’s lesson of colloquial expression 624. to catch some winks まどろむ、仮眠をとる - this means to have a nap, or short sleep 1. I was able to catch some winks in the hotel room after w…