Ahead of the game - gaining or maintaining an advantage in a situation, often by completing a task before its given deadline
💬 Mieć przewagę nad innymi, wyprzedzać innych, być na czele
Examples:
My report isn't due until next week but I want to be ahead of the game and finish it tonight.
It's hard to stay ahead of the game in internet security.
Ahead of the pack - having an advantage over or outperforming other competitors
💬 Prowadzić, przodować, być przed/poza konkurencją
Examples:
This computer system is certainly ahead of the pack in terms of cost and performance.
If we want to stay ahead of the pack, we’ll have to increase our marketing budget.
Back to the grind - back to work/routine
💬 Z powrotem do pracy/roboty
Examples:Â
I’ve got to get back to the grind after the long weekend. I’m sure there is a lot of work piled up.
I’ve been lazy lately. I better get back to the grind before I get fired.
Back to square one - back to the first stage of something, usually because the previous attempt has failed
💬 Być z powrotem w punkcie wyjścia, wrócić do punktu wyjścia, zaczynać od nowa
Examples:
We'll have to go back to square one if the government pulls our funding on this project.
Negotiations have broken down and it's back to square one.
Ballpark number/figure - an approximate estimate
💬 Przybliżona liczba/wartość
Examples:
Mary contacted several plumbers to get a ballpark figure of the cost to fix her leaky sink.
To give you a ballpark figure, the new IT system is going to cost about 100,000 dollars.
Be on the same page - share the same outlook or opinion as well as the same knowledge about something
💬 Mieć takie samo zdanie, zgadzać się, być zgodnym co do czegoś
Examples:
We all need to be on the same page before we try to present this complex idea to the boss.
I just want to make sure we’re all on the same page about this.
Behind the scenes - without being widely known or attracting attention
💬 Za kulisami, zakulisowy
Examples:
Let's have a round of applause for all the people who worked behind the scenes to give us such a great event!
The people who worked behind the scenes are the real heroes of this project.
Bend over backwards - go through a lot of trouble or discomfort towards some end
💬 Usilnie starać się, dwoić się i troić, stawać na głowie
Examples:
The entire staff really needs to bend over backwards while the CEO is visiting our office.
I bent over backwards to get her that job, and she is not even trying.
Between a rock and a hard place - facing two equally unpleasant, dangerous, or risky alternatives
💬 Między młotem a kowadłem
Examples:
Management finds itself between a rock and a hard place after the corruption scandal that has erupted.
You were really between a rock and a hard place when you had to choose between your career and your relationship.
Big picture - the general, overall, or long-term scheme of something
💬 Pełny obraz, szerszy punkt widzenia
Examples:
You need to focus on the big picture here and stop getting bogged down in the day-to-day operations.
These are big picture projections. We'll worry about the details later.