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Words describing the evaluation of work
Bang-up job
Excellent work
Horiguchi-san did a bang-up job on the research report and impressed the president of the company.
Blue-chip
The highest quality
Mori-san never invests in anything but blue chip stocks.
Note: This phrase comes from the game of Poker: the blue chips are the most valuable.
Spot on
Exactly right, correct
Hori-san really is good with numbers; her project cost estimates were spot on.
Roller coaster
Dramatic ups and downs
According to Matsuda-san, working as a stockbroker is like riding a roller coaster.
Ho-hum
Boring, unremarkable
The president liked the new ad campaign that the ad agency presented but the marketing team thought it was ho-hum.