Quiz week 4

Question 1

see eye to eye with somebody

Answer 1

share the same view: We don’t see eye to eye on this topic

Question 2

bridge the gap

Answer 2

reduce the difference: bridge the gap between the rich and poor

Question 3

second to none

Answer 3

the best:He is second to none in his flied

Question 4

Bounce ideas off somebody

Answer 4

Brainstorm ideas with other people

Question 5

Off the cuff

Answer 5

without planning: Acing the test off the cuff

Question 6

at the eleventh hour

Answer 6

at the last possible moment

Question 7

The going rate for something

Answer 7

the usal amount paid for a good or service

Question 8

A roaring success

Answer 8

a great success

Question 9

Cut your losses

Answer 9

stop doing something that you can see is going to be unsuccessful

Question 10

Off the record

Answer 10

not made as an official statement

Question 11

at all cost

Answer 11

must be done

Question 12

Butt in

Answer 12

Interrupts: she constantly butts in…

Question 13

Beat about/around the bush

Answer 13

discuss something in an indirect way. My friend beats around the bush with longwinded explanations

Question 14

for the sake of it

Answer 14

Because you enjoye it. Doin it for the sake of it

Question 15

The end justifies the mean

Answer 15

Do bad things to achieve good results

Question 16

Go off the rails

Answer 16

start behaving in an unacceptable way, going crazy

Question 17

Get to grips with something

Answer 17

Make an effort to understand somehting

Question 18

You can’t teach an old dog new tricks

Answer 18

You can’t change boomer’s mind

Question 19

make someone sit up

Answer 19

do something surprising or impressive that makes somebody pay attention to you

Question 20

put someone’s mind at rest or ease

Answer 20

stop somebody feeling worried

Question 21

Come away with something

Answer 21

leave a place with new knowledge or ideas or a particular impression

Question 22

Nothing could be further from the truth

Answer 22

used to emphasize that something is definitely not true

Question 23

Not just any

Answer 23

used to say that somebody or something is not ordinaty, but especially good or important

Question 24

as it is

Answer 24

already

Question 25

Head and shoulder above

Answer 25

much better than the rest

Question 26

doesn’t do a stroke of work

Answer 26

does no work at all

Question 27

get on like a house on fire

Answer 27

like each other very much

Question 28

All hell broke loose

Answer 28

something happened which caused people to get angy and start fighting or arguing

Question 29

avoid like the plague

Answer 29

to be determined to stay away from someone or something completely

Question 30

Pull out all the stops

Answer 30

make the greatest effort possible

Question 31

come down on me like a ton of bricks

Answer 31

to be extremely angry with someone and tell of severely

Question 32

up in arms about something

Answer 32

to be extremely angry about something

Question 33

to be on flextime

Answer 33

employee chooses their own time

Question 34

to go on a strike

Answer 34

dispute between managers and workers

Question 35

to get the pink slip

Answer 35

to recieve an official notification that the workers position has been eliminated

Question 36

to give notice

Answer 36

formally notify of intent to leave current job

Question 37

to moonlight

Answer 37

to hold a full-time job and a second job

Question 38

to work the graveyard shift

Answer 38

shift that begins at night and continues until dawn

Question 39

to burn the midnight oil

Answer 39

to work late into the night

Question 40

to keep your nose to the grindstone

Answer 40

work very hard

Question 41

to knock off work

Answer 41

to stop working

Question 42

to be under the gun

Answer 42

to be worried of something that needs to get done

Question 43

to get a free ride

Answer 43

getting benefits without any efforts

Question 44

to wipe the slate clean

Answer 44

to forgive

Question 45

to laugh all the way to the bank

Answer 45

when you are a sellout, you laugh all the way to the bank

Question 46

to talk shop

Answer 46

only talking about work

Question 47

a clock watcher

Answer 47

watches clocks or something idk

Question 48

a go-getter

Answer 48

decides to do it and actually does it

Question 49

a do-gooder

Answer 49

a well-meaning but unrealistic person

Question 50

a busybody

Answer 50

nosy person