Choose the best words for each gap.

1. According tp my calculations, I owe you about the same as you owe me. Why don't we just - ? - call it quits call me chicken call the shots call it a day ?
2. I've got to learn online marketing fast. I need a good - ? - crash dummy obstacle course crash course action hit to get me up to speed quickly.
3. Maria's obviously going to get a top job soon. She's a real - ? - high-cat high-flier high-bird hifh-rise .
4. We've been working on this project for 15 hours solid with very little progress. Don’t you think it’s time we - ? - called your bluff called it home called it a day called it back ?
5. I've been working in the insurance industry for 45 years and I’ve had enough. I'm going to hang up my - ? - pen fish phone hat and retire.

1. Let's face it, he decides. He's the boss so he's the one that - ? - calls he post calls the pizza calls the shots calls the dog .
2. He says he’ll go elsewhere if we don't lower our price but I don't think he will. I think we should - ? - call his goat call his nurse call his bluff call his nanny .
3. I'm sure that there is a lot of corruption in that country. If we order an internal audit we may be opening - ? - a can of tomatoes a can of beans a can of snakes a can of worms .
4. Someone‘s going to have to take responsibility for this disaster. Who is going to - ? - carry the can carry the chicken carry the bucket carry the toilet on this one?
5. She always likes to think things through very carefully. She likes to - ? - swallow it down bite it off chew it over spit it out .

Choose the best words for each gap.

1. You should do your work with more care. It’s easy to make mistakes when you try to - ? - turn corners cut corners slide corners break corners .
2. I'm not an important person in this company. I often feel like just a - ? - hair on the dog feather on the bird leaf on the tree cog in the machine .
3. I hope we’ll be able to - ? - close a deal coin a deal cop a deal thow a deal on our new product line.
4. Don’t get too emotionally involved. You really need to - ? - keep a cool mind keep a cool temper keep a cool head keep a cool brain when you negotiate.
5. I can’t give you an answer right this minute. I'll need to - ? - chew this up chew this over chew this around chew this about with my team first.

Choose the best words for each gap.

1. He's the perfect person to take on this difficult negociation. He's a really - ? - hard-chinned hard-nosed hard-mouthed hard-brained businessman and won't put up with any nonsense.
2. We have to work hard for our money while the - ? - fat cats fat mice fat dogs fat fish on the board of directors make loads of money doing very little.
3. Sales have been a great success. We're doing - ? - a roaring deal a roaring gain a roaring trade a roaring bargain on our new product line.
4. Their accounts were completely illegal. They had been - ? - boiling the accounts cooking the books burning the numbers smoking the figures for years.
5. He thinks he is really important but he’s just a big - ? - shark turtle whale fish in a small pond.