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Ribizli Posted 21 years ago
Business & Finance
Words help needed...
Hey people,
can someone help me to find the meaning of the next expressions:
- tighter jobs market
- salaryman
- nearing the bottom
- slip 'twixt cup and lip
- upbeat
- counter-cyclical fiscal expansion
Thank you so much in advace!!!
Andrea from HUN.
can someone help me to find the meaning of the next expressions:
- tighter jobs market
- salaryman
- nearing the bottom
- slip 'twixt cup and lip
- upbeat
- counter-cyclical fiscal expansion
Thank you so much in advace!!!
Andrea from HUN.
Top answer
- tighter jobs market -- fewer jobs available, and getting them is more competitive - salaryman -- full time office worker on an annual salary - nearing the bottom -- almost at the lowest point - slip 'twixt cup and lip -- part of a proverb: there's many a slip twixt cup and lip . It means that there is a large potential for making a mistake between the beginning and the end of a task or project. - upbeat -- optimistic - counter-cyclical fiscal expansion -- this is a tough one.
- - tighter jobs market -- fewer jobs available, and getting them is more competitive - salaryman -- full time office worker on an annual salary - nearing the bottom -- almost at the lowest point - slip 'twixt cup and lip -- part of a proverb: there's many a slip twixt cup and lip .
- It means that there is a large potential for making a mistake between the beginning and the end of a task or project.
- - upbeat -- optimistic - counter-cyclical fiscal expansion -- this is a tough one.
- I believe it means government increase in spending in the face of negative economic growth, going further into budget deficit in an effort to stimulate the economy.
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- tighter jobs market -- fewer jobs available, and getting them is more competitive
- salaryman -- full time office worker on an annual salary
- nearing the bottom -- almost at the lowest point
- slip 'twixt cup and lip -- part of a proverb: there's many a slip twixt cup and lip. It means that there is a large potential for making a
- salaryman -- full time office worker on an annual salary
- nearing the bottom -- almost at the lowest point
- slip 'twixt cup and lip -- part of a proverb: there's many a slip twixt cup and lip. It means that there is a large potential for making a
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