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... USian here who has lived in the UK - My gut feeling is that these days the phrase is used more commonly in the vernacular in the UK than the US, with US us
by cat199 10y ago
... USian here who has lived in the UK -
My gut feeling is that these days the phrase is used more commonly in the vernacular in the UK than the US, with US usage being much more restricted to the pure 'business' professions (e.g. managers, accountants, etc), and not so much elsewhere.
Common day-to-day usage to express same would tend more towards more
nebulous or incorrect terms as 'successful/profitable business' or perhaps 'liquid/insolvent', or something like that.
- wccrawford 10y agoUSian here, born and raised. It's definitely "business speak", but I'm surprised anyone with a job like programming doesn't know it. Prior to this, I would have assumed that basically anyone would know the phrase.