Master business EDM lesson number 14, part one. The useful idiom of this part are to push the envelope to pull someone or something off to burn the midnight oil to keep one's eye on the prize to hunker down, and the last one is around the clock. Now let's focus on understand to these useful idioms to push the envelope to push the envelope means to go beyond what is normally done. To stretch the boundaries to post the envelope. The design team push the envelope by creating a car Powered entirely by the sun. Perfect.
We are really pushing the envelope on this technology. A lot of other companies are just playing catch up. So push the envelope. Next one is to pull something off. To pull something off means to accomplish a difficult task. Or we can say to successfully do something difficult to push something off.
Whatever need to prepare and mail out 50,000 Media kits by tomorrow. I don't know how we are going to pull it off. There's a segment for this is to carry something golf. He won five straight games and pulled off one of the tournament biggest upsets to pull something off to burn the midnight oil very common very useful to stay up late working or studying to burn the midnight oil. The bank needs our financial statements completed by 9am tomorrow. We're going to need to burn the midnight oil tonight to finish it on time.
I got to really tough exam tomorrow I must burn the midnight oil. I must stay up late at night and study or maybe work. Next one is to keep one's eye on the prize. Very common, very useful focus. It means to stay focused on that result to not let small problems get in the way of good results. For example, I know it's difficult to go into a class after work, but just keep your eye on the prize.
At the end of the next year, you will have your MBA. You have to keep your eye on the prize and business. Next useful idiom is to hunker down, very common, very useful means to focus on work to get ready to work hard, often involving a long period of time to hunker down. If you're going to finish that report by Monday morning, you'd better hunker down over the weekend. The Press have hunker down for the night outside the palace Waiting for news out there oil bearers to hunker down to focus on work. The last idiom of this party's around the clock.
The meaning is very clear around the clock means non stop 24 hours a day around the clock with a company website went down the IT department worked around the clock to fix it. You may also hear the variation like around the clock around the clock. They are working around the clock to get it done around the clock 24 hours a day. Okay guys, let's take a quick look. To push the envelope needs to go beyond what is normally done to spread To the boundaries to pull something off to accomplish a difficult task to burn the midnight oil, which means to stay up late working or studying. To keep one's eye on the prize to stay focused on the end result.
To hunker down to focus on work to get ready to work hard around the clock, which means non stop 24 hours a day.