English Idioms: I beg to differ Dialogue Josh: Albert is a top-notch manager who never backed out of any agreement. Bill: Well; I beg to differ. You'd better wash your hands of this affair before you end up in jail. Josh: What? Jail! Do you think I’m sticking my neck out by this partnership? Bill: Don’t you see that you’re asking for trouble by selling smuggled cars? Are you out of your mind? Josh: I have to. Sales have fallen off and all I can do is sitting around twiddling my thumbs. Business stinks. Bill: You’re right. Money doesn’t grow on trees. Vocabulary Top-notch: (adj) excellent; the best. Back out of: not to do something that you had said you would do. I beg to differ: a way of saying "I do not agree" that is polite. Wash one’s hand of: to get out of: to refuse responsibility for. Stick one's neck out: to expose oneself to some risk, danger, or responsibility. Ask for trouble: to act in a way that is likely to incur problems or difficulties. Fall off: to drop off; to decrease. Twiddle one’s thumbs: be bored or idle because one has nothing to do. Stink: to be of extremely bad quality, to be terrible. Money doesn’t grow on trees: it is not easy to get money.