Business English Expressions: 16 Business Idioms to Improve your English for Work!

Let’s get down to business! Improving your English may not always be smooth sailing, but it’s time to raise the bar and learn English idioms used in business situations!

What is an idiom?: An idiom is an expression where the words come together in a particular order to create a new non-literal meaning. The English idioms in today’s lesson are used a lot in business and also in daily life. Learning these idioms will help you to improve your English skills and sound more like a native speaker.

The idioms that you’ll learn today are excellent English expressions for business. These business English expressions will help to increase your English fluency for work and improve your communication skills for speaking English with your coworkers, boss, and customers. In this lesson you will learn the following 16 business idioms:

1. Bring something to the table
2. Get down to business
3. Think outside the box
4. Do something by the book
5. Cut corners
6. Be on the same page / See eye to eye
7. Be in the same boat
8. Don’t rock the boat
9. Smooth sailing
10. Show someone the ropes / Learn the ropes
11. Touch base with someone
12. My hands are tied
13. Get off the ground
14. Not going to fly
15. Back to square one / Back to the drawing board
16. Raise the bar

By the end of today’s English lesson you will have learned more than 16 business idioms that you can use to sound like a native English speaker. This lesson will to help you improve your English vocabulary and teach you useful English expressions for doing business in English. Thank you for watching, “Business English Expressions: 16 Business Idioms to Improve your English for Work!” I hope these English idioms will be useful for you as you improve your English. Good luck with your English studies!


Subscribe for more English lessons just like this every Monday and Friday: https://www.youtube.com/c/JeNsJyugyouジェンの授業?sub_confirmation=1


For more Intermediate - Advanced English Lessons click here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLktdXyVCSbc8NrLoilBtwviDGZzVw5PVs


Many English idioms connected to balls are also frequently used in business. Watch English Ball Idioms: https://youtu.be/hWAwARWoads


Money Idioms: https://youtu.be/7EE8i0j5zqM


If you enjoyed this lesson, you might also enjoy learning useful Financial Phrasal Verbs: https://youtu.be/aWFbBSyo4T0


A playlist of English Idioms: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLktdXyVCSbc8VhOg0nycIj7RI-e0lQhTg


An easier English lesson about work and career vocabulary: https://youtu.be/HlWwU3UXWL8





#LetsStudyEnglish #JeNsJyugyou #Idioms #BusinessEnglish