Part 1 - Unit 6 Flashcards
The top of the ladder
The highest position in one’s profession
Down-and-out
Person with no job or home
Live rough
To live under unpleasant conditions
As poor as a chirch mouse
Extremoly poor
From rags to riches
From being extremlycpoor to being vrey rich
Un-and-coming
Likely to become successful
Right hand man
Close and trusted assistant
Call the shots
To make The important decisions
The jet set
Grouo of rich and fashionable people who are interested în enjoyment
The slippery slope
Sth that iş difficukt to stooixe it has begun and which usually ends badly
The slippery slope
Sth that iş difficukt to stooixe it has begun and which usually ends badly
Have (got) severa irons în the fire
To have several options/Project at the same time
At full stretch
Using all one’s energy to do sth
A dead end
Sth which leafa nowhere and has no future
Adopt a low profile
To svoid public attention
Take a back seat
To take a position of less importance/influence
The rat race
The struggle for succss, especially in a large city
(The) Big guns
Important and powerful people
Have time on one’s hand
To have spare time
To do one’s thing
to do whatever öne wants
Jeep up wihh Jonses
To be în competition with other people for a higher social standard
