C1idiombusinessIELTS-friendly
the bottom line
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the most important fact or point in a situation
Often 'The bottom line is (that)…' to sum up. In accounting it also means a company's final profit or loss.
In context
The bottom line is that we can't afford to hire anyone this year.
You can argue about the details, but the bottom line is that the project is late.
More idioms about business
- a win-win situationa situation in which everyone involved gets an advantage
- in the redlosing money or owing money, because you spend more than you earn
- make a killingto make a lot of money quickly and easily
- move the goalpoststo unfairly change the rules or targets while someone is trying to meet them
- the writing on the wallclear signs that something bad, such as failure or job losses, is going to happen