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@DanielR Das sind wirklich schöne Links. Vielen Dank dafür!

sticking point A sticking point is something which people can't agree on. Examples The price is a big sticking point. The deadline for the project is a tough sticking point. We agreed on everything except the length of the guarantee. That was the real sticking point.

blacklist A blacklist is a list of things that are not good. Example We have a blacklist of suppliers who use child labor. Airlines with a bad safety record are on a blacklist. There is a blacklist of countries that are trying to get technology to make nuclear weapons.

Ich verstehe nicht wie man so respektlos sein kann! Das ist der Thread von Peganuss, in dem er seine Trades vorstellt und ihr müllt den Thread dermaßen zu. Ich verstehe nicht wie man so respektlos sein kann! Denkt mal darüber nach, ob das der Sinn eines solchen Threads ist! DACHS

might This is another word for great power, but not in the sense of machinery. Examples The US likes other countries to know about its military might. At the beginning of the 20th century, steel production was an important way to measure a country's might. The financial might of many large companies is bigger than that of some small countries.

Hi, ich habe nicht den Abpraller von der 80 gehandelt. Zuvor allerdings den Abpraller vom SP bis zur 80.

Hi, das war grade mal wieder ein mustergültiger Abpraller von der magischen 80....

the bare bones Just the things or information that you absolutely need. Examples He didn't give me much information. Just the bare bones. We didn't take much with us on holiday. Only the bare bones. I don't have much time so just tell me the bare bones.

My hands are tied This means that you can't really do what you would like because of your budget or orders from your boss. Examples I would like to improve the system but my hands are tied, it's too expensive. The boss wanted to employ more people but his hands were tied by our employment policy. I wanted to offer the customer a better deal in the negotiation but my hands are tied - I have to follow my boss's instructions.

filthy rich Filthy is another way of saying very dirty, but filthy rich simply means extremely rich. Example He's filthy rich - he's got 5 cars. Companies which produce medical technology, especially prostheses, are often filthy rich. My grandfather was filthy rich but he never gave anything to me.

you and yours This is often used as a greeting, especially at Christmas, if you don't know exactly if someone is married or not, so you can't really say 'your family'. You and yours means 'You and all the people you care about, either family or friends', so it's very useful at this time of year. Examples Merry Christmas to you and yours. All the best to you and yours. A very happy Christmas to you and yours.

It was the final nail in the coffin A coffin is a box for dead people and we use this idiom when something that is nearly finished is finally stopped. Examples When 3 people from our project left the company it was the last nail in the coffin and the project was cancelled. The company is already in big trouble and if we lose our biggest customer it will be the last nail in the coffin. When the heating broke in my old car it was the last nail in the coffin and I scrapped it.

to go / to get back to basics This is what we say when we have to stop doing complicated things and just concentrate on the simple things. Examples We had to go back to basics when we found that there were so many things wrong with the project. The marketing manager said that our marketing was too complicated and that we need to go back to basics. Let's get back to basics - why do customers actually buy our products?

@Peganuss eine Frage dazu. Warum hast du die erste 1,2,3 Bewegung nicht gehandelt? Bruch nach unten bei Punkt 2 um 12.30 Uhr (Systemzeit).

quick as a flash If something happens quick as a flash, it's very fast. A flash is what you get if there is a sudden burst of light, like from a camera when it's not light enough. We should actually say 'as quick as a flash,' but we don't, we leave out the first as. Examples When the competitor lowered their prices, we reacted quick as a flash. Anita was quick as a flash when the boss asked if anyone had any ideas. My shares were doing really well and then, quick as a flash, they lost 30% of the…

a long shot If you have a problem, a long shot is unlikely to solve it. But it's the only thing you can try, because you don't have any other choice. Examples It's a long shot, but it might work. Changing our product range is a long shot, but it was the only way we had to try to improve our sales figures. A What do you think about moving to a new office with lower overheads? B It's a long shot but I don't know what else we can do. This phrase was made famous in a 1950s science-fiction movie wher…

for the life of me This is a common idiom which we use if we find something very hard to understand. We normally start with I can't for the life of me ...... Examples I can't for the life of me understand why she decided to look for a new job. She was so popular here! For the life of me I don't know how we're going to pay our overheads this quarter. I can't for the life of me remember where I put my car keys.

to call a spade a spade If you call a spade a spade then you speak clearly and directly. A spade is a garden tool for turning and digging the earth. Examples I like her, she calls a spade a spade. I think that we should call a spade a spade and in my opinion it's just too expensive. I can never really understand what he wants to say, I wish he would just call a spade a spade.

suit (the 'ui'sounds like 'shoot') A suit is what you wear to a formal business meeting or negotiation, normally a dark jacket and trousers of the same material. Suits are normally worn at weddings and funerals, too. Examples My boss always wears a suit to work. I have a suit in my wardrobe, but I haven't worn it for a long time. Suits are normally pretty expensive but you can get some cheap ones in the January sales.

retail price This is the price which you pay when you buy a product from a shop. Example Retail prices are always at least 10% higher than the price which the shop pays to buy the product. The retail price index is used in the UK to measure inflation. Retail prices in Germany went up dramatically when the Euro was first introduced.