Idioms

Question 1

To trick somebody

Answer 1

TO PULL SOMEONE’S LEG

Question 2

Don’t talk about work

Answer 2

DON’T TALK ABOUT SHOP

Question 3

To be blunt

Answer 3

TO BEAT AROUND THE BUSH

Question 4

Intense fear

Answer 4

TO FEEL ON EDGE

Question 5

Is not my kind of taste

Answer 5

IT’S NOT MY CUP OF TEA

Question 6

Getting promoted

Answer 6

TO MOVE UP THE LADDER

Question 7

To be proactive

Answer 7

TO GO EXTRAMILE

Question 8

Stay focused on your work for long periods of time

Answer 8

TO KEEP YOUR NOSE TO THE GRINDSTONE

Question 9

To have much to do in your work

Answer 9

TO BE UP TO YOUR EARS IN WORK/TO BE SNOWED UNTIL WORK/ TO BE DELUGED WITH WORK

Question 10

A system using incentives and punishment

Answer 10

A CARROT AND STICK APPROACH

Question 11

To take the first opportunity (often no ideal) in the hope of getting sth better in the future

Answer 11

TO GET ONE’S FOOT IN THE DOOR

Question 12

To make just enough money to survive

Answer 12

TO MAKE ENDS MEET

Question 13

To resign

Answer 13

TO HAND IN ONE’S NOTICE

Question 14

Be friendly with…

Answer 14

TO KEEP IN WITH SB

Question 15

To fin out (usually unintentional)

Answer 15

TO GET WIND OF THE FACT

Question 16

To admire or respect

Answer 16

TO TAKE ONE’S HAT OFF TO SB

Question 17

To complain about sth

Answer 17

TO RAISE OBJECTIONS TO STH

Question 18

A quick smell

Answer 18

TO GET A WHIFF OF CAKE

Question 19

To gain recognition

Answer 19

MAKING ITS MARK

Question 20

Right from the start

Answer 20

RIGHT FROM THE WORD GO

Question 21

To be recovering

Answer 21

TO BE ON THE MEND