TODAY'S IDIOM: ACROSS THE BOARD

"ACROSS THE BOARD"

If something is across the board, it relates to all without exception. 

Example: The company has promised to increase salaries across the board, so everyone will get a pay rise.

A todos por igual.

Example sentences:

• The tax cuts will only apply to low and middle-income families, so they won't be across the board / Los recortes de impuestos sólo se aplicarán a las familias de ingresos bajos y medianos, por lo que no se aplicará a todos por igual.

• The staff cuts will be across the board, so staff will be cut from every department / El recorte de personal se aplicará a todos por igual, por lo que el personal será recortado en cada departamento.

Additional examples:

• The computer company decided to give the workers an across-the-board increase in their salary. 

• When we see improvement across the board, that’s the way we want to be going

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