APPE LESSON 30 Work-Related Idioms and Slang

Match the work-related idiom or slang to its correct meaning:

• Too late and not enough.

• Easy, uncomplicated

• An arrangement that might result in damage or injury

• A new and different perspective

• Easy, uncomplicated

• An arrangement that might result in damage or injury

• A new and different perspective

• Too late and not enough.

• Right before the deadline; time is almost up

• Ready to listen and pay attention

Fill in the blank with the correct idiom or slang: "We finished cleaning that house at the ________, just before the renters came in."

• 11th hour

• crack of dawn

• top of the world

• drop of a hat

Fill in the blank with the correct idiom or slang: "We are a ________ because no customers want to buy this older cell phone model."

• day late and a dollar short

• hot potato

• piece of cake

• big cheese

Fill in the blank with the correct idiom or slang: "We need a ________ on this project because we have been working on it for too long."

• fresh pair of eyes

• heavy hand

• cold shoulder

• quick fix

Fill in the blank with the correct idiom or slang: "I can build these easy models in 10 minutes—this job is a ________."

• piece of cake

• hard nut to crack

• wild goose chase

• red herring

Fill in the blank with the correct idiom or slang: "Stop stacking those boxes so high—that is an ________."

• accident waiting to happen

• easy fix

• piece of cake

• walk in the park

Fill in the blank with the correct idiom or slang: "Go ahead and explain it to me, I am ________."

• all ears

• in hot water

• under the weather

• on cloud nine

Fill in the blank with the correct idiom or slang: "We cannot chat at work at all because our boss is ________."

• all work and no play

• the big cheese

• a couch potato

• on cloud nine

Fill in the blank with the correct idiom or slang: "I should stand an ________ away from someone when talking to them."

• arm’s length

• eye’s width

• foot’s reach

• hand’s span

Fill in the blank with the correct idiom or slang: "You should keep her at ________ because she cannot be trusted."

• arm’s length

• close quarters

• the edge

• her side