muckety-muck

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牛人（名詞,，非正式不敬用語）

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(noun, INFORMAL Irreverent) Humorous term for a highly important, and usually arrogant person. (NOTE: also "mucky-muck")

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EXAMPLE: It was difficult to get our new business established because we had to get special permits from a couple of very uncooperative big muckety-mucks.

我們的新業(yè)務很難做起來，因為必須得到兩個特別不合作的大牛人的特別許可,。

to tighten one's belt

勒緊褲腰帶

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To make necessary reductions in expenses and to use less resources.

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EXAMPLE: Because of the slow-down in the global economy, the company's owner chose to tighten his belt and cut his business entertainment budget in half.

由于全球經(jīng)濟放緩,，這家公司的老板決定勒緊褲腰帶，將公司的業(yè)務公關(guān)費用削減一半,。