EPP 4B Business Expressions

A _______worker is a working class person who performs manual labor.

• blue-collar

• white-collar

• big picture

A _______ worker is a person who performs professional, desk, managerial, or administrative work.

• blue-collar

• white-collar

• touch base

Let me make a few phone calls to try to get an answer to your question. I'll _______ with you later today.

• call it a day

• talk you out of it

• touch base

The fact that his 35-year-old brother was still living with his parents was _______ at every family gathering.

• by the book

• a big picture

• a big elephant in the room

I wanted to make a real estate investment, but my financial adviser _______.

• called it a day

• talked me out of it

• touch base

Even though we all have very specific tasks to do, our manager makes sure we don't lose sight of _______.

• the blue-collar

• the elephant in the room

• the big picture

We are regularly audited by several regulatory agencies. It's important that we do everything _______.

• by the book

• the elephant in the room

• white-collar

Well, John, it's 7:00 and I'm getting hungry. How about we _______?

• talk me out of it

• touch base

• call it a day