Foot the bill - pay
💬 Płacić rachunek, ponosić koszty
Examples:Â
Who is going to foot the bill for this mistake; us or the client?
Whoever is footing the bill for this retreat must be rich.
Foot the bill - pay
💬 Płacić rachunek, ponosić koszty
Examples:Â
Who is going to foot the bill for this mistake; us or the client?
Whoever is footing the bill for this retreat must be rich.
From scratch - entirely without the aid of something that is already prepared or in existence
💬 Od początku/zera
Examples:
The file got deleted so now I had to write the whole paper from scratch.
The new factory was one of the first in the country to be built from scratch by a foreign investor.
Game plan - a strategy for reaching an objective
💬 Plan działania
Examples:
The boss decided the best game plan was to release the software once the beta testing is completed.
What is our game plan for dealing with the new competitor?
Get down to business - begin doing something with the seriousness or determination the action requires
💬 Przystępować do rzeczy, zabrać się do roboty
Examples:
When the president arrives, we can get down to business.
Well, it’s getting late, perhaps we’d better get down to business.
Get/be fired - be dismissed from a job
💬 Zostać/być zwolnionym (z pracy)
Examples:Â
Willy got fired from his job after he got into an argument with a client.
Rob was fired after they found out he was stealing money from the company.
Get tied up - get stuck
💬 Zostać zatrzymanym, być zajętym
Examples:Â
I got tied up on a conference call for two hours.
Marcus got tied up in the marketing department all afternoon.
Give the green light - give permission
💬 Dać pozwolenie
Examples:Â
My boss gave me the green light to submit the report to our client.
After proofreading his work, she gave the green light to go ahead with the project.
Go back to the drawing board - start over again
💬 Zacząć od początku
Examples:Â
We had to go back to the drawing board after the client rejected the initial design of the website.
The marketing team had to go back to the drawing board after their first campaign failed.
Go the extra mile - go beyond what is necessary or expected in order to please someone, achieve something or get something done correctly
💬 Zrobić więcej, niż to jest wymagane w danej sytuacji
Examples:
Our lawyer really went the extra mile in making sure every aspect of our case was watertight.
Suzy always goes the extra mile to make her presentations special.
Have an eye for (something) - ability to do something well
💬 Mieć do czegoś talent/smykałkę
Examples:Â
Tiffany has an eye for design.
Pedro has had an eye for details since he started working here five years ago.