VORTEIL, NACHTEIL & VERGLEICH
Vorteile/Nachteile abwägen = the telephone giant needs to weigh (up)/consider the benefits advantages/merits/upsides of entering the joint venture; company considers/ examines the good and the bad of a deal/offer; a report laid bare the trade-offs of the two approaches; I still have plenty of vacation to take but on the flip side I don’t earn enough money to afford it; company canvasses the pro’s and con’s of the project; our financial experts are starting to crunch the numbers on the project; pros outweigh the cons; this big project has too many downsides for our corporation; the board of directors sat down/convened to break down/analyze/size up the flaws/demerits/downsides/ faults/drawbacks of the company’s investment program; the upsides outweigh the downsides by a large margin; all options will be considered as nothing is off the table
die Oberhand gewinnen = right now the company is on track to get a jump on/to gain the upper hand/an edge over its nearest competitors in the market share stakes; our team seems to own the inside track/have an ace in the hole/is the front-runner to run away with the title; with cheap fares across the board the start-up airline hopes to get a leg-up on the competition; he always tries to stay/to get on the front foot
er hat ihn überlistet = he snared one up on him
Kapital/Profit aus etwas schlagen; Kasse machen; bahnbrechende Idee eines Mitarbeiters wird sofort aufgegriffen = competitors are piggybacking on the big corporation’s pathway and poaching customers from them; nobody wants to miss out on the latest hype/buzz; management quickly seized on/pounced on the employee’s trailblazing idea to boost sales/revenue; whatever you do in life always try to stay ahead of the curve; everybody wants to get in on the act; lots of investors are eager to/lusting to cash in/make hay on the surging share market boom; our corporation looks to reap the benefits and to pick the low hanging fruit that will flow from the mega-deal; we’ve gotta make hay while the sun shines
beim Schnäppchen hat er als erster sofort zugeschlagen = he was the first cab off the rank (AUS) to get his hands on the bargain
Land/Firma/Ehefrau packte/fasste die Chance/Gelegenheit beim Schopf = gas-and-oil-producing country is clearly keen to make as much cash as it can out of this crisis; our company is very business-like, so we seized the moment/chance and took advantage of the opportunity that was there for us; when her husband was away on a weeklong trip, she seized the moment/took the opportunity to go to the a movies with her friends a few times; "let’s make hay while the sun shines and go see some flicks as my husband is away on a lengthy business trip", she said to her girlfriends
die Pandemie ist ein gefundenes Fressen für IT-Unternehmen = the pandemic comes in handy to help boost the revenue of the leading IT-corporations; pandemic lockdowns gives online trading a tremendous financial fillip Fressen für IT-Unternehmen
manche Leute scheinen genau zu wissen, wie sie sich eine goldene Nase verdienen können = some people have a knack of/for earning a fast buck/hit pay dirt/to make hay
dies ist unser größter Vorteil = this is our silver lining/biggest asset
Was springt für mich dabei heraus? = What’s my cut/the bottom line for me?
ihm/ihr wurde eine Steilvorlage geboten = bearing a famous name/having a few politicians in his family gave him/her the upper hand/a leg-up/a head start in his/her political career; she finally caught a big break when the large department store recruited her to pose as a model for the new summer collection; driving to work early in the morning gets a jump/steals a march on the usual traffic jams; he just enjoyed/got a boost from his uncle, who’s a renowned politician; kids who come from wealthy families are often given a head/a leg-up start in their careers; the applicant got/gained the upper hand in/got a jump on the hiring process because he had an influential friend on the selection committee
eigentlich wollte ich meinem Chef diesen Vorschlag heute machen, aber ein Arbeitskollege ist mir zuvorgekommen; er hat mir den Rang abgelaufen = = I had actually planned to suggest this idea to my ssupervisor today, but a workmate of mine beat me to the punch/stole my thunder
jemandem in die Karten spielen = the court decision has tilted the odds in favor of our corporation winning the concession; arguments in favor of this plan stack up/come in handy for us; discrimination against refugees are playing into the hands of nationalist politicians; I think the situation is now tilting/tipping in our favor/direction
Regierungsunterstützung ist Wasser auf die Mühle der Firma = the government support for our project helps stack the deck in the company’s direction/favor
es hat sich herausgestellt, dass der Unfall letztendlich ein Vorteil für ihn war = that accident was a blessing in disguise for him
zwar machen die Ölmultis aufgrund der schlechten Konjunktur weniger Profit, für die Verbraucher aber ist es eher eine gute Nachricht, da der Sprit viel billiger geworden ist = it's not all bad news: what’s bad for the oil companies (less profit) is good for the consumer (cheaper gas/petrol), so it's an ill wind/a blessing in disguise
es gibt Menschen/Konzerne, die immer ihre Vorteile suchen = ruthless businessmen are always intent on getting mileage/making hay out of some crummy deals/schemes; the ambitious executive always wants to be at the front of the queue/be the first cab off the rank (AUS); to stay ahead of the curve/game is the company’s motto/credo; confident politicians usually play to their strengths to achieve/to zero in on their objectives/goals; during the pandemic meal delivery services quietly fished in troubled (i.e. earnings skyrocketed) because during the lockdowns people had to stay at home; in the office there is always somebody waiting for a chance to steal a workmate’s thunder/to steal a march on a colleague’s idea; now he’s riding on his successful wife’s coattails; a tabloid newspaper/a magazine is planning to cash in on the hype surrounding the celebrity's wedding by publishing exclusive photos of the ceremony; when the euro was launched some years ago there were a lot of swindlers who increased the prices in order to cash in on its introduction; grubby operators/companies intentionally and knowingly capitalize off of confusion/chaos whenever financial markets are hit by a downswing
überall gibt es/findet man Schmarotzer/Trittbrettfahrer = everywhere there are people, referred to as hangers-on/spongers/freeloaders, who expect others to do the hard work/heavy lifting or who or who depend on other people’s generosity and thus gladly accept food/drinks and lodging without paying for it/without giving anything in return
es ist unethisch und ungerecht, sich auf dem Rücken der Armen zu bereichern = it’s unfair and unethical to promote oneself/get rich on the back of other people’s misery
Marathonläufer verspielt Vorteil = he kind of lost the early advantage/edge he had in the marathon race after getting slightly injured
letztendlich war diese Lösung für ihn/sie letztendlich das kleinere Übel =
for him this outcome was after all the lesser of two evils; for better or worse she/he will have to put up with the arrangement
Firma nimmt Nachteile unter die Lupe = the board of directors convened/sat down to analyze/size up the flaws/demerits/downsides/ drawbacks/faults of the company’s investment program
sie hat eine große Schwäche = her inabilitiy to communicate to her staff is her Achilles’ heel/kryptonite/blind spot
was Umsatz angeht, sind beide Konzerne auf Augenhöhe = in terms of revenue the two companies are on the same page/in the same ballpark/league/breath
junge Schauspielerin ist nicht auf Augenhöhe = the young (female) movie star doesn’t measure up to her fellow actresses in beauty
man vergleicht sich mit Gleichgesinnten = How do his abilities stack up/weigh up with/against our requirements?
das war nichts im Vergleich zu vorher = his feat took a backseat to the marvelous goal the team had scored before
der Vergleich hinkt = in terms of speed and acceleration her sports car is miles ahead of his, so it’s really hard to compare them: these two (or more) people/objects are about as far apart as can be; there is a deep/wide ideological chasm/gulf/gap between these two political parties
man kann nicht Äpfel mit Birnen vergleichen = these two actors are like/as different as chalk and cheese; it’s hard to compare these two cars, they’re like apples and oranges
die Veranstaltung war längst nicht so gut wie letztes Jahr = this time around the event paled in comparison with last year’s show
