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Business idioms

Read the sad story of Bobby Brown. Then match the idioms in sentences 1-11 with their meanings.

Bobby Brown was on the ball, he had a good track record and he usually played his cards right, but success went to his head, he began to lose his touch, he was always up to his eyes in work, he started trying to pass the buck and then he put his foot in it. The boss gave him a piece of his mind, nobody put him in the picture any more and in the end he was fired.

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1. Bobby Brown was on the ball He was not told what was happeningHe was a clever employee, he knew what was going onHe was a circus performer
2. He had a good track record His job experience was goodHe had too many things to doHe started to make mistakes
3. And he usually played his cards right He made a big mistakeHe made a right decisionsHe was good at playing card games
4. But success went to his head He was a clever employeeHe was suffering from headachesHe began to have too important an opinion of himself
5. He began to lose his touch He made the right decisionsHe started to make mistakesHe lost his job
6. He was always up to his eyes in work He passed responsibility to other peopleHis job experience was goodHe had too many things to do
7. He strated trying to pass the buck The boss talked to him very directlyHe passed responsibility to other peopleHe made a big mistake
8. And then he put his foot in it He made a big mistakeHe had too many things to doHe was happy in his job
9. The boss gave him a piece of his mind The boss talked to him very directlyThe boss talked to him quietlyThe boss tried to take credit for his ideas
10. Nobody put him in the picture any more Noboby took a picture of him anymoreNobody cared about him anymoreHe was not told what was happening
11. And in the end he was fired He lost his jobHe was promotedHe got burned

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