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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 circus performerHe was a clever employee, he knew what was going onI don't know

2. He had a good track record His job experience was goodHe had too many things to doHe started to make mistakesI don't know

3. And he usually played his cards right He made a big mistakeHe made a right decisionHe was good at playing card gamesI don't know

4. But success went to his head He began to have too important an opinion of himselfHe was a clever employeeHe was suffering from headachesI don't know

5. He began to lose his touch He lost his jobHe made the right decisionsHe started to make mistakesI don't know

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 doI don't know

7. He started trying to pass the buck The boss talked to him very directlyHe passed responsibility to other peopleHe made a big mistakeI don't know

8. And then he put his foot in it He was happy in his jobHe had too many things to doHe made a big mistakeI don't know

9. The boss gave him a piece of his mind The boss tried to take credit for his ideasThe boss talked to him quietlyThe boss talked to him very directlyI don't know

10. Nobody put him in the picture any more Nobody cared about him anymoreHe was not told what was happeningNoboby took a picture of him anymoreI don't know

11. And in the end he was fired He was promotedHe lost his jobHe got burnedI don't know