to put it in a nutshell | to give the main facts in a short, clear way | |
to get straight to the point | to talk about the most important thing | |
to hear it on the grapevine | to hear about smth because the information has passed from one person to another in conversation | |
to put someone in the picture | to give the latest information (naświetlić sytuację, wdrożyć w temat) | |
to get the wrong end of the stick | to not understand smth | |
to be on the same wavelength | to share similar options and ideas (nadawac na tej samej fali) | |
can't make head nor tail of it | to fail to understand anything | |
to talk at cross-purposes | to not understand someone | |
to beat about the bush | to delay talking about smth (owijać w bawełnę) | |
to get it straight from the horse's mouth | to be told smth by someone who has direct knowledge of it | |
to be like talking to a brick wall | to try communicate with unresponsive person (gadac jak do ściany) | |
to keep someone in the loop | to include someone in group comunication, to keep someone informed | |