Work Phrases

USEFUL WORK PHRASES

1. Thank you. We're all refreshed and challenged by your unique point of view.
2. The fact that no one understands you doesn't mean you're an artist.

3. I don't know what your problem is, but I'll bet it's hard to pronounce.
4. Any connection between your reality and mine is purely coincidental.

5. I have plenty of talent and vision. I just don't care.

6. I like you. You remind me of when I was young and stupid.

7. What am I? Flypaper for freaks!?

8. I'm not being rude. You're just insignificant.

9. I'm already visualizing the duct tape over your mouth.

10. I will always cherish the initial misconceptions I had about you.

11. It's a thankless job, but I've got a lot of Karma to burn off.

12. Yes, I am an agent of Satan, but my duties are largely ceremonial.

13. No, my powers can only be used for good.

14. How about never? Is never good for you?

15. I'm really easy to get along with once you people learn to worship me.

16. You sound reasonable. Time to up my medication.

17. I'll try being nicer if you'll try being smarter.

18. I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message .

19. I don't work here. I'm a consultant.

20. Who me? I just wander from room to room.

21. My toys! My toys! I can't do this job without my toys!

22. It might look like I'm doing nothing, but at the cellular level I'm really quite busy.

23. At least I have a positive attitude about my destructive habits.

24. You are validating my inherent mistrust of strangers.

25. I see you've set aside this special time to humiliate yourself in public.

26. Someday, we'll look back on this, laugh nervously, and change the subject.
By POH from USA.

To calm the hunger

To calm the hunger
If you want to calm the hunger of a man for a day, give him a fish.
If you want to calm his hunger for life, teach him how to fish.

Chinese proverb.

Ache for

Ache for

Meaning: to want someone or something very much

Use age: He lay awake, his whole body aching for sleep.

Source: Cambridge phrasal verbs dictionary

Ace out

Ace out

Meaning: to defeat someone.

Use age: We were aced out by a rival agency

Source: Cambridge phrasal verbs dictionary

Bounce around

Bounce around

Meaning: To discuss ideas with other people.

Use age: They bounced a few ideas around and eventually came up with a solution

Source: Cambridge Phrasal Verbs dictionary

Bone up

Bone up

Meaning: To learn as much as you can about some thing

Use age: It is often used with on or for
She's boning up on her history for an exam tomorrow.
He was boning up for the written part of the driving test

Source: Cambridge -Phrasal Verbs dictionary

Bomb Out

Bomb Out

Meaning : to fail

Use age : It is always used with of or in.
Prakash bombed out of the cricket match,when he dropped a catch
Rosy bombed out in her practical exams

A doubting Thomas

A doubting Thomas


Meaning: Trait of not trusting any one. Someone who is cynical. A person, who finds fault with others.

Use age: As the world moves on trust, do not be a doubting Thomas.

Ante up

Ante up


Meaning: To pay an amount of money.

Use age: Every one is being asked to ante up Rs 100/- to cover the extra expenses incurred for petrol.

Answer to

Answer to


Meaning: Answering to someone in a higher position to explain your actions or decisions.

Use age: Rahul was in the hospital where the doctor answered to none of his queries.

By and by

By and by


Meaning: Later on

Use age: Raj said he would meet Joe at the theatre by and by.

Cap in hand

Cap in hand


Meaning: Holding one’s cap instead of wearing it. It is a sign of respect from somebody in the lower classes when speaking to or addressing a social superior.

Use age: Retired workers should not have to go cap in hand to ask for supplementary allowances.