Well, there are a lot of Americanisms in business speak that just aren't frequent in international business that the unaware US speaker, for instance, will have

Well, there are a lot of Americanisms in business speak that just aren't frequent in international business that the unaware US speaker, for instance, will have difficulty expressing themselves without these colloquialisms or even being aware they are using them if they are not used to it. e.g. with baseball alone, * in the ballpark of (around) * touch base (have a short chat for mutual understanding of something) * dropped the ball (fucked up on something you are responsible for) * heavy hitter (the one that brings a lot of cash, etc.) https://web.uri.edu/iaics/files/M.-LAKHWANI-R.-CLAIR.pdf https://web.uri.edu/iaics/files/M.-LAKHWANI-R.-CLAIR.pdf