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{{a|people|}}Magic circle firm. In the “[[extinction]]” camp when it comes to [[li

People will remember you that way.

...esn’t matter. In times of war, of course, as flak rains on your bunker and people are losing their heads, spending the time discovering how a [[custody chain Quite so: given how counter-intuitive it is, people thinking clearly about it ''should'' be confused. The fact that they tend n

...up other people’s arse, not your own”<br>}}{{shitmaxim|You do not inspire people by showing them how amazing you are, but by showing them how amazing they a Even if they don’t, most people still like to be told they’re amazing, however implausible or disingenuou

...able or mildly commendable, you are better off having a high percentage of people disliking you and your message (even intensely), combined with a low percen ...his probably points up the difference between Nigel Farage — who polarises people, but he’s hard to ignore — and whoever the leader of the Liberal Democr

Most right-thinking people think it’s the problem. Being a contrarian. I think it’s the solution.

{{A|people|}}The footballer who shows up with a “slight hamstring strain”; the wor In their heart of hearts, these people ''know''. You do, too. You will know them instinctively. You recognise them

...one above — Mr. Deming was a man before his time. Either that, or we are a people ''after'' his time, since his ideas seem to have been pretty popular at the # '''Training on the job''': Train people on the job. Encourage people to ''learn'' on the job. ''Encourage self-improvement''

The observation that the people best incentivised to identify improvements to your IT offering are the poor

...cut off or the Yaris repossessed — but in practice, if these fabled older people even exist, they are represented in the markets by those rapacious titans o

{{def|Diaeresis|/dʌɪˈɪərɪsɪs/|pl. n.|}}(''For use impressing people at dinner parties'') The two dots above a continental [[ï]] (as, for examp

...e office. This is a system effect, and not some conspiracy the man against people who can’t be bothered to commute.

Don't be so STUPID, people. Do you really think Play School did a sequence on [[title transfer collate

*[[Alternative dispute resolution]] — mealy-mouthed time-wasting for people in denial about the legal system

{{a|people|}}{{maxim|Those who can, do. Those who can’t, teach. Those who can’t ev ...ersion of yourself}} is having a bit of a laugh, and that so many of these people can be routinely engaged by multinational firms ostensibly populated by tho

{{a|people| 1. (''Within an organisation''): Fellow [[bureaucrat]]s. Other people in and around the firm who are paid more to care less. The word for the sen

{{a|people|}}A coinage of {{author|Tom Wolfe}}’s to describe Sherman McCoy, ace bank

{{a|people|{{image|Top Gun Lawyer|png|A Top Gun Lawyer, yesterday}}}}A real, proper, [

{{a|people|}}In the [[Hary Poter]] argot, a young [[lawyer]] — one flush with the jo

{{a|people|}}A [[magic circle law firm]] headquartered in London, well-loved by its [[

...ed investment}}<s/small>}}}}In which the {{t|FCA}}, spurred on by the good people of the [[European Commission]], indulge in the four-dimensional Russian dol ...as the term isn’t defined and clearly means different things to different people.

{{a|people|}}The hard bastards of finance. Or the [[Lunch money|meek who have inherite

...].}}}}A massively-multiplayer online role-playing game, which increasingly people are confusing for real life. This is a shame.

...Travelodge Luton Airport? Sure, make it modern, minimalist and chic. Help people forget where they are. Let them injustice they could be literally anywhere ...should not want to be transported somewhere else. Wengen is a destination. People come here because it is one of the beautiful, magnificent places in the wor

{{a|myth|}}A crack paratrooper of the law. These people are like the Flying Squad, the Green Berets, they are the French Foreign Le

{{a|people|}}“Hi Olly. The [[client]] returned the draft agreement. They’re fine w

{{a|people|}}The person whose official job description is to know the cost of everythi

...se intellectual friction, reduce social friction. Create environment where people can challenge ideas

{{a|people|{{image|CASS Garb|png|A [[CASS officer]]’s ceremonial Mithril garb.}}}}Th ...0A]] is next-least coveted position in the organisation, and is awarded to people the same way Joe Pesci became a “made guy” in ''Goodfellas''.

For most people, the ugly ''chaise-longue'' you were emotionally blackmailed into acquiring

...rporation is a social (if not to say ''[[socialist]]'') institution, where people are compensated for unwavering commitment, blood, sweat and tears.

Closely related expression, courtesy of those wonderful [[Game of Thrones]] people:

{{a|people|}}A cautionary tale. The great [[falsification]] of [[Chicken Licken]]: som

...ized corporate organisation. Also, on account of its capacity for creating people who inhabit that layer, the process of obtaining a [[MBA|Masters of Busines

That is, people ''who should not be [[professional writer]]s''.

===For regular people=== ...uff up, so (a) if you find the site valuable, tell your friends — the more people who use it the more chance I have of making something out of it one day —

{{a|people|}}Ideally a stable, steady, dull individual who, in his most passionate mom

{{a|maxim|}}There are ''eight billion'' people in the world. if you think you are in a competition with them, ''you will l Only people who are in a competition try to be like someone else. So don’t be in. Com

{{a|people|}}A [[law firm]], like [[Simmons & Simmons]], with an aching yen to be [[Ma

...is, in the subject line, is guaranteed to make every one of the thirty six people to whom you have sent it, drop everything and read your email.

...aw should be at her side. That her loss is recoverable from a ''bunch'' of people, rather than just one, ought to be a good thing, and will allow her to proc ...as encountered it, he has mainly wished it prevailed more often. Like most people he has

Means different things to different people.

...ogical barriers to candid communication: who calls bullshit in front of 40 people? So do your bit to keep the meeting tight and effective: ...space and time. They impose a boundary within which you must concentrate. People can see you; they know if you tune out. Switch off your phone. Don’t mult

{{A|people|}}One who on the merest suggestion of a contact, however benign, will go do

...ax lawyer|Those who pay them fealty]] tend to be nervy, fractious sorts of people.

People in these departments: These poor people are the wrong side of an asymmetric option: no [[risk controller]] ever got

*An [[operating committee]] a vehicle by which dozen s of people gather to stare at weighty [[PowerPoint]] decks and “socialise” — mea

...ncilium'', the {{tag|Latin}} word for an assembly or convocation of clever people: ''con-'' (‘together’) + ''calare'' (‘to summon’). <br> 1. A municipal body where mediocre people make bad decisions about local affairs. <br>

...ere is what Dr. Eva Dabrowska, of Northumbria University, has to say about people who overuse the passive tense: {{quote|“''Our results show that a proportion of people with low educational attainment make errors with understanding the passive,

...der the [[Sovereign Immunity Act 1978]], [[sovereign]]s being the sorts of people that don’t always do things for commercial, practical, sensible or even c