💼 Work & Money idioms

6 phrases · meanings · examples · origins

Ledger ink, oil lamps and drawing boards — the office before offices.

The decisive number, point or conclusion.

To owe more than you have; to be losing money.

To start again from nothing after a failure.

To work or study late into the night.

To pay far too much for something.

To make more effort than anyone asked.

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