Order of Magnitude

Phrase:
“Order of magnitude”

How to Use It:
People are talking numbers. Your boss puts you on the spot with some mental math. Panic takes over. Calm down, you’ve gotten this far without doing any mental calculations. Utilize those adept verbal skills and simply incorporate “order of magnitude” into your answer.

Example:
Well, I crunched all the numbers simultaneously in my head. Fully adjusted for tax benefits, forex risk and regulatory fees, relocating shell operations from the Cayman Islands to Patagonia will increase earnings before taxes but after costs by at least an order of magnitude.