The bottom line is if we can't deliver the product on schedule, the costumer won't renew their contract.
• Call it quits: give up / stop.After 35 years in the business Peter decided to call it quits and retired.
• Dog eat dog: ruthless competition, rivalry.You have to look out yourself in finance, it's a dog eat dog business.
• Donkey work: boring, monotonous work.I need to find a new job, my boss keeps giving me all the donkey work to do and I'm sick of it.
• Have a job (to do sth): find sth difficult to do.I had a job finding the convention centre, your directions were terrrible.
• Have one's work cut out for: have a difficult task prepared for one.You'll have your work cut out for you getting this presentation ready for Friday.
• Jack of all trades: sb who is able to do a variety of jobs.John is a handy man to have around, he's a jack of all trades.
• Pass the buck: avoid taking responsibility by saying that sb else is responsible.James always tries to pass the buck onto somebody else if his project doesn't go well.
• Shop floor: ordinary workers in a factory, or the place they work.There are worries on the shop floor about job security.
• Take stock: assess a situation.We need to take stock of the situation after this latest report on the state of the markets.
• Whale of a job: a very good job.You've done a whale of a job getting this company up and running.
List of idiomas related to work. A list of idioms in alphabetical order can be found following this link Idioms - alphabetical order