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Does the stock market upswing mean we are out of the woods? What woods?
A few bad ones in an organization will make the whole group look bad or rotten.
To touch base is to make contact after a hiatus to see if everything is OK.
"Under the bus" is a metaphor here, meaning a terrible thing will happen.
Hot desk, you see, means he's sharing a desk with colleagues at work.
They’re telling you to prepare yourself the best you can and make the best initial impression you can.
Please explain this sentence, particularly "lockstep": Through two matches, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal are in "lockstep".
Please explain this sentence, particularly "skip steps": We take on too much, skip steps, and often, as a result, we give up.
Please explain "top heavy management". What does "top heavy" mean exactly?
"Lady Gaga brought the house down with a 'Sound of Music' tribute at the Oscars Sunday." What house?
When "his language" is described as "way over the top", what does it mean?
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