Every Saturday I’ll give you a couple of idioms to learn. An idiom is a saying or phrase whose meaning cannot be taken from the literal meanings of the words.
write off: a reduction in the value of an asset or earnings; cancelling an item in an account book.
Example:
Can we write off those overdue accounts from last year?
figure out: arrive at a solution or find an answer by thinking about the situation.
Example:
Have you figured out the new software yet?
Every Saturday I’ll give you a couple of idioms to learn. An idiom is a saying or phrase whose meaning cannot be taken from the literal meanings of the words.
work out: devise, develop.
Example:
The engineers went to the client’s facility to work out a solution for the client’s unique circumstances.
cut corners: save money, trim waste.
Example:
The custodian tried to cut corners by ordering cleaning supplies from a cheaper distributer, but I don’t think the new supplies clean as well as the old ones.