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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 performerI don't know

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

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

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

5. He began to lose his touch He started to make mistakesHe lost his jobHe made the right decisionsI 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 He passed responsibility to other peopleThe boss talked to him very directlyHe made a big mistakeI don't know

8. And then he put his foot in it He made a big mistakeHe was happy in his jobHe had too many things to doI 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 very directlyThe boss talked to him quietlyI don't know

10. Nobody put him in the picture any more He was not told what was happeningNobody cared about him anymoreNoboby 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