• SELL LIKE HOT CAKES – SELL SOMETHING QUICKLY (THE STOLEN PHOTO OF THIS CELEBRITY SELLS LIKE HOT

CAKES)

• BEAT AROUND THE BUSH - TO AVOID TALKING ABOUT WHAT’S IMPORTANT (PLEASE DON’T BEAT AROUND THE
BUSH, JUST TELL US IF YOU WILL JOIN US OR NOT?)

• HIT THE SACK - GO TO SLEEP (HIT THE SACK SO YOU WON’T FALL ASLEEP DURING THE TEST TOMORROW)

• ON CLOUD NINE – BE VERY HAPPY (WHEN I GOT PROMOTED, I WAS REALLY IN CLOUD NINE)

• KEEP AN EAR TO THE GROUND - STAYING INFORMED AND UPDATED ABOUT EVERYTHING (TELL ALLAN TO KEEP
HIS EAR TO THE GROUND AND LET ME KNOW WHAT HE THINKS ABOUT THE PROJECT)

• DON’T CRY OVER A SPILT MILK -DON’T CRY OVER WHAT HAS HAPPENED AS IT CAN NOT BE FIXED. (DON’T CRY
OVER A SPILT MILK. WE JUST NEED TO DO BETTER IN OUR NEXT PROPOSAL.)
• FAIR AND SQUARE – FAIR AND DIRECT (I WANT TO WIN THIS FAIR AND SQUARE)

• BLACK SHEEP - BEING A DISGRACE FOR THE FAMILY. (THEY WELCOMED THE BLACK SHEEP OF THEIR
FAMILY AGAIN AFTER ASKING HIM TO LEAVE 10 YEARS AGO)

• DRAW A LINE - TO STOP BEFORE A POINT WHERE SOMETHING OKAY GETS NOT OKAY (LET’S DRAW A
LINE BETWEEN WORK AND FRIENDSHIP)

• GO THE EXTRA MILE -TO MAKE AN EXTRA EFFORT. ( I DON’T MIND GOING THE EXTRA MILE JUST TO BE
PROMOTED)

• LOOK BEFORE YOU SLEEP - CALCULATE THE RISKS BEFORE ADVANCING TOWARDS A POSSIBILITY.
(DON’T BE SO COMPLACENT AND LOOK BEFORE YOU SLEEP.)

• ON THIN ICE - IN A PRECARIOUS OR RISKY SITUATION. (HE WORKED SO HARD AND THEN HE GOT SICK.
NOW, HE’S ON THIN ICE TRYING HIS BEST TO SURVIVE.)
• He’s known as the _____________________ of the family.
• If we want to please the client, we have to ________________________.
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• Matt and I are best friends but I’m his boss so we need to
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________________________between friendship and work.
• You can’t just sell all of your shares when the market is •

low, _____________________________, The new president is coming •

tomorrow, it is possible the shares will grow.
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• We want to know the cause of the problem but he was not paying
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attention and kept _____________________________________.
• Your wedding day would usually put you __________________________. •
• During the pandemic, businesses were _______________________. •
• NFT art________________________ in the US. It used to be a good investment.
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• Walter failed his examination but his dad came and said just one thing,
“Son, _______________________________.” •

• To tell you ______________________________, I did everything that I was

meant to do, but I still feel unfulfilled.
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