03:53 Feb 13, 2008 |
English language (monolingual) [PRO] Bus/Financial - Management | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Vicky Nash United Kingdom Local time: 16:29 | ||||||
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3 +1 | where the water comes up to your neck |
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3 | inappropriate scenario |
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3 | scenarios that could cause disaster for the company |
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"waterline" scenario inappropriate scenario Explanation: A suggestion. That's how that I understand "waterline" in this context. |
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"waterline" scenario scenarios that could cause disaster for the company Explanation: To be close to the waterline would suggest being risky - if you take a wrong step as suggested in your excerpt you end up under the water. In business terms this would mean that the company "goes under" (another allusion to the waterline) or goes bankrupt. |
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"waterline" scenario where the water comes up to your neck Explanation: this is all I can imagine; you may also have been to a city that gets flooded occasionally, the houses will have signs on them indicating how high the flood waters came on various occasions. And they do leave a line on the building... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 12 hrs (2008-02-13 16:44:56 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- In the light of V. Nedkova's comment above, is there any indication that the author might be referring to risky or illegal activities conducted out of sight (below the waterline)? If they ever came to light they would ruin the finances and/or reputation of the company? Time for "Ask the Client" I think! |
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