Gambling idioms

He knows he'll get the company to sell because he _______________________.

• has an ace up his sleeve

• has an ace in his sleeve

• has an ace under his sleeve

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I tried to get my points across, but Joan ___________________ and the board voted for her plan.

• held the cards

• held all the aces

• handed all the aces

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If you keep performing at this level, I think a promotion is ___________________.

• in the cards

• on the cards

• within the cards

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The bosses have been impressed with your work so far. If you keep ____________________, you could see a promotion inside of a year.

• playing your cards right

• playing right your cards

• to play your cards well

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In business negotiations, it's important that you don't_______________ right away, or you might risk losing out on the best deal possible.

• show your cards

• display your cards

• show your hand

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Of course, simply by virtue of his being the boss's son, Jeremy ___________________ the rest of us for an early promotion.

• has stacked the deck against

• has the deck stacked against

• decked against

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We expect shares to rise unless the economy slows down, in which case __________________.

• all bets are off

• the bets are off

• all bets are out

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Now that he's announced his resignation, ______________.

• the die is cast

• the die's been cast

• the dice have been thrown

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Somehow Fred always seems to end up with ________________. I don't think he plays fair.

• all the marbles

• the marbles

• any marbles

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Negotiations _________________, but we did in fact agree on a new contract by the deadline.

• came down to the wire

• came up to the wire

• came to the wire

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CCSS.L.4.5B

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