Meetings 2 - Idioms

Question 1

Cut to the chase, e.g., There is a lot to discuss, so let’s cut to the chase and begin with your KPIs.

Answer 1

Get to the point

Question 2

To get (someone) up to speed, e.g., Alan will get you up to speed on the latest project so you can get working on it this afternoon.

Answer 2

To inform someone of the latest information

Question 3

Low-hanging fruit, e.g., Cleaning up the messy data is low-hanging fruit, so let’s start there to get some quick wins for the project.

Answer 3

The easiest reward to aim for

Question 4

Grey area, e.g., We need to navigate a grey area in the data, where the trends aren’t clear-cut and require some more analysis.

Answer 4

A situation that isn’t well defined or clear

Question 5

Long shot, e.g., Getting approval for this project is a long shot, but it will be so valuable for the marketing team.

Answer 5

Something that has a very small chance of happening or succeeding.

Question 6

The lion’s share, e.g., Steven has the lion’s share of responsibility for data cleaning and analysis.

Answer 6

The largest part of something.

Question 7

Up in the air, e.g., The accuracy of the data is unclear so the conclusions will be up in the air until we verify the dataset.

Answer 7

Undecided; unresolved