ESLPOD [161;162;163]

Question 1

lacking the ability or skills to do something

Answer 1

incompetent

Question 2

left somewhere with no way of going anywhere else

Answer 2

stranded

Question 3

to fail to do something properly; to fail to do one’s job adequately.

Answer 3

fall down on the job

Question 4

玩忽职守

Answer 4

sleep on the job

Question 5

to make someone else deal with something that you should take responsibility for

Answer 5

pass the buck

Question 6

快滚蛋了

Answer 6

on one’s way out

Question 7

something that you say to mean it is better to deal with a person or thing you know, even if you do not like them, than to deal with a new person or thing who could be even worse

Answer 7

Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t

Question 8

Accept the risks, resign oneself to whatever happens

Answer 8

take one’s chances

Question 9

to quickly read everything on a list

Answer 9

run down

Question 10

somebody who is stingy or unduly careful with his or her money

Answer 10

penny-pincher

Question 11

someone who is very careless about money and spends more than they need to

Answer 11

spendthrift

Question 12

unwilling to spend, give, or use a lot of money

Answer 12

stingy

Question 13

to put something in a safe or secret place, usually so that you can use it later

Answer 13

stash(ed away)

Question 14

someone who spends or gambles a lot of money

Answer 14

high-roller

Question 15

used for emphasizing that someone or something has a particular good quality to a very great degree

Answer 15

to a fault