accountant We asked the bean-counters to look over the figures in the new budget.
under the counter
Idiom(s): under the counter
Theme: SALES - SECRET
[bought or sold] in secret or illegally. • The drugstore owner was arrested for selling liquor under the counter. • The clerk sold dirty books under the counter.
run counter to
Idiom(s): run counter to sth
Theme: OPPOSITION
to be in opposition to something; to run against something. (This has nothing to do with running.) • Your proposal runs counter to what is required by the manager. • His idea runs counter to good sense.
Bean counter
A bean counter is an accountant.
Over the counter
Medicines and drugs that can be sold without a doctor's prescription are sold over the counter.
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adv. phr., informal Secretly (bought or sold). That book has been banned, but there is one place you can get it under the counter.The liquor dealer was arrested for selling beer under the counter to teenagers. Also used like an adjective, with hyphens. During World War II, some stores kept scarce things hidden for under-the-counter-sales to good customers.
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