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Idioms about Work - Công Việc
1. Get your feet under the table: làm quen với công việc
● To become familiar and more confident in a new job.
It’s my first week at the new company. I haven’t gotten my feet under the table.
I need time to get my feet under the table.
I was so overwhelmed at first but now I can get my feet under the table.
2. Go the extra mile: sẵn sàng cố gắng hết sức để hồn
thành cơng việc vượt mức
trên cả mong đợi
● To put more effort than expected into achieving something.
Julie always goes the extra mile to make her mom happy.
To win the contract, he went the extra mile to prepare the documents before the
meeting.
He went the extra mile just to make her feel special at the wedding.
3. Put one’s feet up: thư giãn
● To relax and rest, especially with your feet raised off the ground.
We’re done. Let’s put our feet up.
After a hard day at work, I like to put my feet up and read some books.
Don’t work too hard. Go home and put your feet up.
4. Be in someone's good (or bad) books: làm việc gì đó
khiến ai cảm thấy hạnh phúc
(tức giận)
● To have done something that has made someone happy (or angry).
All students want to be in the teacher’s good book.
I used to be in my teacher’s bad book because I wasn’t very well-behaved back
then.
If she was pretty and sexy, she would be in Harry’s good book.
5. Give someone the sack: sa thải một ai đó
● To fire someone from a job.
His work has been getting worse and worse. It’s time to give him the sack.
Giving someone the sack is such a hard decision for me. I always have a rational