Unit 29

Question 1

a cushy number

Answer 1

a very easy job

Question 2

get a foot in the door

Answer 2

take a job at a low level in an organisation, because you want a better job in the same organisation in the future

Question 3

slog your guts out

Answer 3

work very hard or use a lot of effort

Question 4

a sleeping/silent partner

Answer 4

a partner in a company who does not take an active part in its management

Question 5

a track record

Answer 5

all the achievements or failures that sb/sth has had in the past

Question 6

a golden handshake

Answer 6

a large payment made to sb when they leave their job

Question 7

golden hello

Answer 7

a large payment made to sb when they accept a new job

Question 8

do a roaring trade

Answer 8

sell a lot of goods very quickly

Question 9

corner the market

Answer 9

become so successful at selling a product that almost no one else can sell it

Question 10

go great guns

Answer 10

do sth very successfully

Question 11

go belly up

Answer 11

fail

Question 12

go to the wall

Answer 12

be destroyed financially

Question 13

go burst

Answer 13

be forced to close because of financial problems

Question 14

shut up shop

Answer 14

close the business