Common Business Idioms

Question 1

go hand in hand

Answer 1

(verb) to be commonly found together; to work very well together

Question 2

be in the same boat

Answer 2

(verb) to be in the same situation

Question 3

cut corners

Answer 3

(verb) to do something the cheapest or easiest way, instead of a quality way

Question 4

be (stuck) between a rock and a hard place

Answer 4

(verb) to have a dilemma, or only two bad options to choose between

Question 5

blow (someone) away

Answer 5

(verb) to affect (someone) intensely; overwhelm

Question 6

Be ahead of the game

Answer 6

To be more successful than expected at a certain stage

Question 7

Game plan

Answer 7

A strategy to reach an objective

Question 8

Go for broke

Answer 8

To bet everything on something

Question 9

Go down swinging

Answer 9

To keep trying until the end

Question 10

Long shot

Answer 10

Something that will probably not succeed, but is considered worth trying anyway

Question 11

Trade off

Answer 11

Something lost in return for gaining something else

Question 12

Fall through the cracks

Answer 12

To be forgotten

To fail

Question 13

Burn out (rate)

Answer 13

Physical or mental exhaustion

Question 14

Miss the boat

Answer 14

To miss an opportunity

Question 15

Land on your feet

Answer 15

To do well or to succeed despite something bad happening