to cut corners

You have no reason to hurry, no reason to cut corners or to try to do too many things at once.

To "cut corners" means to save money or to save time by doing something differently, something that is not the normal or usual way.

He was prepared to do many things, to cut corners, to exploit people and situations.

Everyone is trying to cut corners in spending.

And is the practice as useful as its advocates claim, or is the popular suspicion that it leads to cut corners and dismal service correct?

We have to cut corners to keep the question clear. The best way is to hang up this picture, which explains what the question really means.

Computer programmers find it necessary to cut corners and skip important practices to stay on schedule.

If you want to save up for a big item, you'll have to cut corners to get along.

Manager: So yeah, I'm sure you're going to understand our need to cut corners around here.

An urgency to finish the project or fixes to the application in a hurry can cause developers to "cut corners" to complete the code quickly.

He is still in business, but barely, and says he refuses to cut corners to make cheaper flags to compete with Chinese imports.

He pushed supervisors to speed up production times and stuck to his guns when they wanted to cut corners and raise prices.

Young Americans used to cut corners before an exam on "Hamlet" by reading the CliffsNotes.

As a 34-year-old woman in Zhengzhou told us, "Foreign firms are less likely to cut corners in the production and quality control process. "

We have been forced to cut corners on stationary expenses during these severe economic times.

Don't try to cut corners when learning English. Stepping every step steadfastly is right attitude.

"There probably are times that there's a desire to cut corners, " Skilling says. "We can't have that at Enron. "

If you try to cut corners, you will lose the quality of your products.

Indeed, despite its international ambitions, New Yansha illustrates how China's shopping mall craze is forcing developers to cut corners.

We have to fine way to cut corners on this project because we've already gone over our budget.

It is when times are hard and targets more difficult to meet that the temptation to cut corners is most intense.

When living inside other cells they tend to cut corners, relying on their host cell wherever possible.

Those dishonest builders always try to cut corners.

Sometimes companies squeeze their contractors so hard that they are forced to cut corners.

But officials warn that the slowing Chinese economy might tempt producers to cut corners in 2009.

When we look at the life of Noah, we see he doesn't try to cut corners. Noah did everything just as God commanded him.

I tried to cut corners by taking the metro to go to work. Unexpectedly, the metro broke down.

The financial crisis has made people readier to cut corners.

They were criticized to cut corners in building the house.

Some workers to cut corners, in white latex confirmed in water.

They fired me because the company is losing money and they had to cut corners.

Study is a serious thing. You can't expect to cut corners.

So, yeah, I'm sure you can understand our need to cut corners around here.

With only 100 yuan left, he had to cut corners to make his journery back home.

Academic research suggests that similar legislation in America has led auditors to cut corners and take risks.

eg: If you wonder how to cut corners, there's an obvious place to look at-your spending habits.

If we think the code we're about to write is simple, we tend to cut corners.

I'm sure you can understand our need to cut corners around here.

We will have to cut corners in order to save some money for our holiday.

I need to cut corners around here.

Yes, I know. But remember, I'm a student. I have to cut corners where I can. I'll have to buy a car on credit.

Cindy: You can think what you like, but these days, we have to cut corners wherever we can.

I have to learn how to cut corners.

In fact, later on in the discussion Cowan mentions how dangerous it can be to cut corners in such matters

You don't want the airline pilot, for example, to cut corners when it comes to your safety;