Gerifalte in english
Gerfalcon
pronunciation: gɜrfəlkən part of speech: noun
pronunciation: gɜrfəlkən part of speech: noun
In gestures
gerifalte = honcho ; head honcho ; boss ; chief honcho ; gaffer ; grandee ; top bod.
Example: Of course, no one but a few honchos at IBM and Oracle know the real answer.Example: Only 17 percent of head honchos say research and development (R&D) drives innovation in their business, a new study has found.Example: The dependence on bosses for recognition, rewards, and advancement breeds an artificiality of relationship, a need to be polite and agreeable.Example: 'We should be more sympathetic and persuasive with the chief honchos'.Example: Watford gaffer believes his team's home games hold the key to their ability to survive in the Premiership.Example: While fleecing someone with a long, sharp butcher's knife, the American grandees pose as though they were performing an act of great generosity.Example: The top bods in any company all have one thing in common -- they are extremely busy people.more:
» gerifalte, el = big guy, the ; big gun, the ; top banana, the .
Example: Look at him sucking up to the big guys, talking about golf that he really is terrible at, trying to get into the 'boys club'. Example: Now that they are up to speed, Ron has tracked down the school's big guns to see how things have been rolling along. Example: I don't mean to oversimplify life, but on some days it seems to me that society divides into two categories: the top bananas and the second bananas.» gerifaltes, los = top brass, the .
Example: Women account for just about 14 per cent of the top brass at companies in India, as against 21 per cent across the world.