Idioms and Phrases Flashcards
1
Q
Asleep at the switch
A
Inattentive, not doing one’s job
2
Q
A Baker’s Dozen
A
a group or set of thirteen.
3
Q
In fits and starts
A
with irregular bursts of activity intermittently sporadically erratically irregularly interruptedly fitfully haphazardly
4
Q
Heads will roll
A
people will be dismissed or forced to resign
severely punished or will lose their jobs because of something that has happened
5
Q
Preach to deaf ears
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6
Q
Curdle one’s blood
A
To terrify someone
