USP / touch base / pie in the sky / get one's house in order / bite off more than one can chew

 

[ 비즈니스 영어 02. ] - Oxford online english

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quick on one's feet : 순발력이 좋은
If you're quick on your feet, you can adapt to new situations easily.

▸ We still need to be quick on our feet.

우린 여전히 발빠르게 대응할 필요가 있어요.

 

bite off more than one can chew : 무리하다, 분에 넘치는 일을 하려고 하다
try to do something which is too dificult for you

▸ Perhaps I have bitten off more than I can chew... I'm not so familiar with the technical side of things.

아마도 분에 넘치는 일을 했었으니까요. 전 기술적인 측면에 익숙하지 않거든요.

Do whatever you can, but don't bite off more than you can chew.

할 수 있는 모든 걸 해, 하지만 분에 넘치는 일은 하지 마.

USP : Unique Selling Proposition 고유의 강점
unique selling point.
about what makes your product or service different from competitors.

▸ Inexperienced salespeople don't have a deep understanding of our USP.

경험이 부족한 판매자들이 우리의 USP에 대한 이해가 깊지 않아요.

 

cold calling : sales technique. 판매 기술중 하나. (판촉전화)
calling someone you've never spoken to before and trying to convince them to buy whatever you're selling.

▸ One problem is that cold calling doesn't seem to be working.

한가지 문제는 판촉전화가 제대로 이루어지지 않고 있다는 겁니다.

 

turnover : 이직률 / (기업의)매출량(액)
how often staff arrive and leave.

▸ A case in point is our high staff turnover.

가장 적합한 예를 들자면 높은 이직률이죠.

 

Q1 : quarter one : January-March

B2B : Business to business

conference call : (여럿이) 전화로 하는 회의

▸ We're having a conference call instead.

대신 전화 회의를 할 예정이에요.

 

touch base : -와 대화(협의)하다
talk or have a discussion

▸ I'd like to touch base with you about some of the proposals.

제안서들 중 몇개에 관해 대화를 하고 싶어요.

 

out of the loop : (진행 상황을/에서)잘 모르는, 벗어난
you don't know what's going on

▸ Seems like I'm really out of the loop.

내가 아무것도 모르는 것 같네.

 

catch somebody up : -을 -에게 얘기하다
catch me up : 내게 얘기해주세요
there are some things which I don't know, and which you can tell me about.
It has the idea that I've missed something.

▸ You can catch me up so that I'm ready.

얘기해주시면 준비할게요.

 

one's input : -의 조언
I'd like your input : 당신의 의견이 필요해요
it means that they want your ideas and opinions

▸ I'd like your input on a few things.

몇가지 사항들에 당신의 조언을 구하고 싶어요.

 

pie in the sky : 그림의 떡
an impossible dream

▸ How about you focus more on breaking even on a month-to-month basis, and spend less time on these pie-in-the-sky ideas?

월별 기본실적에 본전치기를 하는데 집중하는게 어때? 그리고, 현실성이 없는 그 생각엔 시간을 덜 소요하는거지.

 

overreach : 도를 넘다
go too far, try to do too much

▸ Don't you think you're overreaching?

도를 넘는 것 같지 않니?

 

road map : (일, 계획 등에 일목요연하게 정리한)로드맵 ,지침서
a detailed plan, showing exactly how you will achieve something
often used for large, complex project and plans

▸ We put together a road map.

우리는 로드맵을 준비했다.

 

beyond one's pay grade : -의 급여수준을 넘는
refers to something which is not your job

▸ This is way beyond your pay grade.

너 급여수준으로는 어림도 없어.

(-> a way to say that they're trying to do something which isn't part of their job; it suggests that the person you're talking to should stick to their own job. )

 

on the right track : 잘 진행되는
going in the right direction

▸ I'm not sure you're on the right track.

난 너가 잘 진행하고 있는지 모르겠어.

 

put/get one's house in order : (다른 이를 비판하기 전에) 자기 일을 먼저 잘하다
sort out one's own responsibilities
often used as a criticims

▸ You need to get your house in order.

너 일을 우선 잘 할 필요가 있어.

 

put your money where you mouth is : 말만하지 말고 행동으로 직접 보여주다
show that you can do what you say you can

beat around the bush : 돌려서 말하다, 요점을 피하다
speak in an indirect and unclear way
often used in the negative

▸ Don't beat around the bush. Get to the point and tell me what I need to know.

돌려서 말하지 말고, 핵심만 집어서 내가 알아야 할걸 말해줘.

 

go back to the drawing board : 처음부터 다시 시작하다
back to square one : 원점으로 되돌아가다
start something again from the very beginning

My hands are tied : 나 너무 바빠
I cannot do anything to help you

ex. I really wish I could hep but my hands are tied right now, I'm afraid.

정말로 도와주고 싶지만, 지금 너무 바빠서 어려울 거같아.