Stick to “global English”

If your job requires cross-cultural collaboration, stop using idioms.

A few terms commonly used in American business that do not translate easily for non-native English speakers:

• Bring our A-game
• Come up for air
• Cut and dry
• Level the playing field
• Off the top of my head
• Zero in on
• Get ahead of the curve
• Put out some feelers.

Replace them with a single word