pick up the tab

But the lesson of two internet bubbles is that somebody somewhere is going to have to pick up the tab for lunch.

Convince Charles Barkley to take opponents out on the town and offer to pick up the tab.

you can counter once, and then after that simply thank the person paying for the generosity and offer to pick up the tab the next time.

I believe we'll be able to get together more this way as nobody would worry about who's going to pick up the tab.

The best way to get started is to simply be complimentary and polite and then ask for a lunch where you'll pick up the tab.

Not surprisingly, employees said they loved having the company pick up the tab for their vacations.

Listen, please don't argue with me, let me pick up the tab this time. You two treated me many times before when I was looking for a job, .

There were plenty of incentives to take risk, in the expectation that someone else would pick up the tab when things went wrong.

If the idea of having a boss pick up the tab for a dream vacation is tantalizing, good news: Lorang is hiring.

Currently, taxpayers pick up the tab for electronic waste disposal through municipal trash pick-up fees or local taxes.

Do you want to go out for a few beers after work? I'll pick up the tab.

Bing will pick up the tab of the round-trip, 25-hour flight -- which at $6, 000 per hour will cost at least $150, 000, Bradley said.

With the chances of a debt crisis small, the real question is who will pick up the tab.

Let me pick up the tab this time.

B: No. This trip is on me. You don't have to spend a penny. I'll pick up the tab.

Bob: I am glad to hear that. Wait a moment, I'll pick up the tab and then let's go to visit uncle.

Instead Britons face a poorer future in which they pick up the tab for ballooning public debt.

Let the prospective employer pick up the tab.

Nor was it fair to the tax-paying citizens who had to pick up the tab for other people's sins.

Unless Berlin is willing to pick up the tab, there may be no way of paying for them.

But they still wanted the man to make the first move and expected him pick up the tab.

Brown: No, one check, please. I'll pick up the tab.

When the check comes, the lobbyists almost always pick up the tab.

But the Chinese government has a tendency to pick up the tab after a party and gets another one going right afterwards.

He offered to pick up the tab for the meal.

It's my turn to pick up the tab. You treated last time.

This time, it is American taxpayers who are being asked to pick up the tab.

No, one check, please. (to Smith) I will pick up the tab.

Don't expect me always to pick up the tab.

It's OK. I'll pick up the tab. And, you can get it next time.

My father said that if I wanted to go to the university, he would pick up the tab for me.

I'll pick up the tab this time.

That is perfectly rational, but is unfair not only to insurers, but to other clients, who must pick up the tab through higher premiums.

Her followers sometimes pay others to pray for them instead of popping pills, and they think insurers should pick up the tab.

Why should we pick up the tab when so much disease in our country stems from unhealthy behavior like smoking and overeating?