colour and animal idioms in business - za sajt

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Blue-chip company/shares

company known

nationally for the

quality of its products

or services, and itsreliability to operate

profitably in good and

bad economic times.

the safest investment


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out of the blue

suddenly

unexpectedly


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- blue collar workers

- white-collar workers

blue-collar worker

= manual, physical

worker

white-collar worker

= office worker,

professional, clerk


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blueprint

something intendedas a guide for

making somethingelse;

a detailed plan fordoing something

new, or somethingthat is a model forhow somethingshould be done.


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white knight

a company thatmakes a friendlytakeover offer for

the control of atarget company thatis being faced with ahostile takeoverfrom a separateparty.


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white goods

deepfreeers,

fridges!

usually white
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white pages

a telephone directory

or section of a

directory (usually

printed on whitepaper) where the

names of people are

listed alphabetically

along with theirtelephone numbers
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white paper

an authoritative reporton a major issue, asby a team of experts

a government reportoutlining policy

it is called white paperbecause it was

originally bound inwhite.
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black leg

someone who works "or

provides workers# during

a strike

$ynonyms% rat, scab,

strikebreaker.

workers who cross thepicket line


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black knight

& company that makes a hostile

takeover offer on a target

company..

&n allusion to the fairytale villains,

this term demonstrates how a

targeted company sees its

adversary. 'airytale black knights

are associated with kidnapping

princesses, slaying peasants,burning villages, and generally

having unpleasant personalities.


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black list

a blacklistis a list or

register of people

who, for one reason

or another, are beingdenied a particular

privilege, service, or

mobility.

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black market

1he black market is the sector ofeconomic activity involving illegaleconomic dealings, typically thebuying and selling of merchandise

illegally. 1he goods may be themselves

illegal, such as the sale ofprohibited weapons or the illegaldrug trade the merchandise may

be stolen or the merchandise maybe otherwise legal goods soldillicitly to avoid tax payments orlicensing requirements, such ascigarettes.


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grey area

an intermediate area

a topic that is not

clearly one thing orthe other

between black andwhite

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black/grey economy

part of a countrys

economy that is

illegal and where

taxes are not paid


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brown goods

he term he term bbrownrownggoods refers tooods refers to

electricalelectricalentertainmententertainmentproducts such asproducts such as0s, 101s, $0s, 101s, $tereostereosand radiosand radios, v, videoideoccamerasameras

usually brownusually brown


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( 2 3 1 * 4( 2 3 1 * 4

(oldenderives its connotation from the

commercial value and social prestige

associated with the precious metal which

was used as a medium of exchange.

(oldenis most often associated with

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golden hello

colloquial expression

for a financial

incentive offered to anemployee on taking

up a new post.
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golden handshake

& lucrative

severanceagreement offeredto an employee

typically as aninducement toretire.
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golden parachute

colloquial expression for

a provision in an

employment contract

guaranteeing substantialseverance paymentsto

top managers who may

lose their jobs in the

event of a takeover.


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red tape

=ed tape is a derisive termfor regulations that are

considered excessive or for

bureaucratic procedures that

are considered time > andeffort > consuming. 9t is

usually applied to

government, but can also be

applied to corporations.

to cut through the red tape

to cut down the red tape
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to be in the red

being overdrawn at

the bank "for people#

losing money and

being unprofitable

"for companies#

9?m afraid

your

account is

overdrawn@


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to be bleeding red ink

making losses, being

in a vulnerable

financial position


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- to give someone a red carpet

treatment

- to roll out the red carpet

specialtreatment or

hospitality


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( ) * * 4( ) * * 4

5. ()**4connotes growth, harmony,fertility, nature, ecology and concern for

the environment.

6. ()**4conveys meanings associatedwith money (after the 7merican dollar)

7. ()**4connotes Agoing aheadA

(obviously derived from traffic lights)8. ()**4connotes inexperience


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green image

to produce

products which

are ecologicallysound, nature

friendly "safe for

the environment#


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to go green

start caring

about the

environment start introducing

clean, nature-

friendlytechnology


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greenmail

& premium paid to a

raider to get him/herto terminate a

takeover attempt.


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"to give someone# the green light

to get the green light

to allow

to give permission
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greenfield investment

a type of foreign direct investmentinnew facilities or the expansion of existingfacilities.

:reenfield investments are the primarytarget of a host nation?s promotional

efforts because they create newproduction capacity and jobs, transfertechnology and know>how, and can leadto linkages to the global marketplace.

a downside of greenfield investment is

that profits from production do not feedback into the local economy, but insteadto the multinationalBs home economy.1his is in contrast to local industrieswhose profits flow back into the domesticeconomy to promote growth.
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yellow pages

telephone directory for

businesses organiCed

by the category ofproduct or service.

as the name

suggests, they are

usually printed on

yellow paper.
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red herring

something that

deceives or

distracts attentionfrom the truth or the

basic issue

false trail


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lame duck

a company in financial

trouble

a leader or parliament that

is not powerful any longer

1he phrase Alame duckA was

first applied on the #ondon

;tock 4xchange in the !thcentury to brokers who could

not pay their debts and who

waddled out like lame ducks.


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bearDbull market

bear market E stock

prices are falling

bull market E stockprices are rising


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bear bull

1he dualism refers to theway that these animalsattackF

a bull attacks with its hornsfrom bottom up

a bear attacks with its pawfrom above, downward.
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white elephant

an object that is

useless and may

have cost a lot of

money an important object

that has failed very

badly
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rat race

an activity, job or

situation in which

there is a lot of

competitionandpeople are too busy

to relax and enjoy

themselves


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dog-eat-dog

a situation in which

people compete very

hard and will do

anything to be

successful
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fat cats

top executivesreceiving obscenesalaries

G42s in the highestsalaries in the world after

7merica 2ver the last !0 years

salaries of top bosses inthe


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loan shark

7 loan sharkis a

person or body that

offers illegal

unsecured loans athigh interest rates to

individuals, often

backed by blackmail

or threats of violence. predatory lendingpredatory lending


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tiger economy

the very successful

economy of one of

the smaller 7sian

countries, such as;outh Horea or

;ingapore


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cash cow

9n business, a cash

cowis a product or a

business unit thatgenerates unusually

high profit margins.

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