| Idiom |
| (1) “A bitter pill to swallow” |
 老闆拍一拍你的肩膀，說句：「隔離team Mary岩岩遞左信，以後各位同事拍硬擋做多少少，等遲d個市好返先fill返個位啦。」
此情此景大家應該耳熟能詳，通常大家最多跟同事在pantry茶水間呻幾句，然後硬食OT (overtime)。當我地想同人分享訴苦時可以說： "This extra workload is a bitter pill to swallow, I'm working 12 hours every day!''
A bitter pill to swallow這個idiom字面解是一粒很苦很難吞的藥丸，即是說你老闆要你加班做多些工作，但又不人工，實在很難啃。
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| (2)“咬實牙關” |
 公司生意不好的話除了加工作量之外，減少預算cut budget，減人工pay reduction 亦很常見。通常公司會講一句：「大家咬實牙關啦！」然後不願意共度難關的就bye bye。
咬實牙關雖然是中文成語，但英文卻有一個相關的idiom叫bite the bullet，直譯是咬實子彈，意思係作出一過極沉重的決定。
做老闆的想表達開源節流等措施真的別無他法是last resort，就可以說，“When the company is facing such a crisis, I have no choice but to bite the bullet. I hope you all could understand and accept this tough decision.''
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| (3)“扶搖直上” |
 要踏上成功之路要有多方面配合，很多人日望夜望能夠扶搖直上，英文是to climb the corporate ladder。而在香港這個大都會metropolitan講得一口流行的英語當然是不少得。
有很多行業像酒店業從底做起work the way up是少不免的，很多五星級酒店總經理都曾經做過開門door man甚至執過房house keeping。
想讚揚這類人我們可以說，“Look at that man over there. Can you believe he started as a door man and barely spoke any English? He attended night school and with the help of some seniors he climbed the corporate ladder. Now he is the general manager of this five-star-hotel.''
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| (4)“Please keep it under wraps.” |
 有些行業涉及很多商業機密，例如銀行業，一旦漏了風聲不止令公司聲譽受損，隨時要背上法律責任。有時我們機密文件上蓋上confidential保密這個字，在傳閱交替時亦會加句，“Please keep it under wraps.''
Wraps解包裝，這句idiom大家千萬不要錯誤地解讀成不要打開個公文袋，因為keep it under wraps是指文件或事件乃高度機密，內容不可以讓外人知道而已，最好就好似未解封過一樣。
如果有些可大可少的計劃是連其他同事也不能知道的，在公開後可以稍左解釋一下，"Sorry I couldn't have told you anything about that deal. Not that I didn't trust you, but the boss told me to keep it under wraps.''
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| (5)“Drum up the business” |
 從事銷售行業的人每個月埋數的日子都有crunch time，即是面對跑數壓力的時間。如果臨埋數round up前仍與target目標有一大距離的話，大家便要諗諗計去drum up the business.
Drum up the business解拉客搵生意，當中可能有打電話tele call，送贈品等等。
萬一下次手足有困難，可以提提佢，"Sales have been low lately. I know it's not a peak season after all, but have you considered drumming up the business by making a few phone calls to you old customers telling them you are giving out complimentary gifts?"
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