fight up
To fight (someone) aggressively.
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Deadlines, bosses, hustle, and jargon for the working day.
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flex on
To bully (someone); to extort, threaten, intimidate, menace or harass (someone); to demonstrate strength or dominance over (someone).
fork out
To pay out, to hand over.
gain upon
Synonym of gain on.
game on
To take advantage of (someone) through manipulation and deceit.
get rich quicker
One who falls for, believes in, or pursues a get-rich-quick scheme.
get the elbow
To be dismissed from employment.
glad and sorry
A hire purchase scheme.
go whacks
To divide the profits from an enterprise equally; to enter into partnership.
God works in mysterious ways
Expressing confidence that a conundrum has a solution despite it not being apparent.
good artists copy, great artists steal
It is better to selectively incorporate elements of other people's work rather than copying them wholesale.
good work ain't cheap, cheap work ain't good
Synonym of buy cheap, buy twice and if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys
government stroke
The deliberately slow pace of work supposed to be typical of government workers.
grasp all, lose all
One who wants everything may lose it all.
grind out
To produce in a laborious and formulaic manner.
grind up
To reduce (something) to powder by grinding.
gun for
To strive for the downfall or diminution of another.
handle up
To take care of business; to get on with doing something.
have down
To have mastered a skill.
head down, bum up
Hard at work; preparing oneself to work hard.
high pillow
The boss; the man in charge.
hire out
To allow others to use temporarily in exchange for money.
hit job
A hit: a premeditated murder for criminal or political purposes.
hustle up
To produce or find (something) by hustling (work hard, con, swindle, or deceive or obtain by illicit or forceful action).
idle hands make work for the devil
Synonym of idle hands are the devil's workshop.
in glass
Belonging to a management level, as in a contemporary office hierarchy.
in over one's head
Overwhelmed or exasperated, usually by excessive responsibilities.
in the racket
Synonym of on the game (“working as a prostitute”).
in unity, there is strength
More can be accomplished by a team with a common goal than by individuals.
inside work
Anything built into dice for the purpose of loading them and cheating at games.
it's a tough job, but someone's got to do it
The job is a particularly difficult and undesirable one.
it's not what you know but who you know
For success, and especially to obtain employment, one's knowledge and skills are less useful and less important than one's network of personal contacts.
jack up
To raise, hoist, or lift a thing using a jack, or similar means.
jerry to
To recognize, notice or comprehend.
jizz up
To excite or work up (someone).
Johnny Armstrong
Strenuous manual work; pulling or hauling; muscle power.
knocked up
Pregnant, typically outside of marriage.
knuckle up
To clench one's fist(s) as though in preparation for a fight.
labour the point
Explain at excessive length.
lame duck
A person who cannot fulfill their contracts.
land with
To assign extra work or burdensome work to (someone).
lay to
To turn towards the wind so that the boat stops; to remain stationary in open water or to lie to.
lazy louse
One who is lazy; a lazy ass.
lean in
To shift one's weight forward; to lean forward or towards something.
lean on
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lean, on.
lie by
To have sex with.
like a boss
Skillfully, confidently.
like a bull in a china shop
Clumsy, aggressive, without care, concern or self-control.
like a million bucks
Extremely good or well.
like pulling teeth
Having difficulty in getting a person or item to act in a desired fashion; reference to a difficult task.
limb of the law
A lawyer, or clerk articled to that profession.
live by the sword, die by the sword
One who uses violence can expect a violent response; it is better to try to use peaceful means wherever possible.
locked in
A state of total concentration on a task. Similar to flow state.
louse around
To slack off; to be lazy or a parasite on others.
low-hanging fruit
Tasks that have the greatest positive effect for the least effort, used when promoting new projects to show the advantages. {{cite web.
luck into
To find by chance, to chance upon.
man catcher
An employment agency.
manage up
To calculate one's interactions with someone above oneself in a hierarchy (often one's own manager) so as to try to guide them into choosing a certain option (narrow scope) or to guide them into doing a better job at their leadership of their subordinates (broader scope).
max out
To reach the limit of one's capabilities.
melon cutting
The sharing out of profits or gambling winnings.