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Office Idioms

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Throw in the towel

a)

Start something new

b)

Give the best out of you

c)

Give up or surrender

d)

Finish something you've started

2.

Burn the midnight oil

a)

Wake up early

b)

Work until very late

c)

Cook at night

d)

No electricity, only candles

3.

Get the ball rolling

a)

Start a project

b)

Start a game

c)

Move something from place to place

d)

Switching on your car

4.

Hit the ground running

a)

Start a new project with energy

b)

Start to run, but very fast

c)

Kick the floor, as in when you're angry

d)

Speeding, when you're driving

5.

Cut to the chase

a)

Get something cut

b)

Go after somebody

c)

Grab a person

d)

Go straight to the point

6.

Think outside the box

a)

Try and resolve something physically

b)

Be more creative

c)

Target an individual

d)

They're all wrong

7.

Jump on the bandwagon

a)

Travel a lot

b)

Adopt a trend

c)

Start training something new

d)

Get on with something now, anything

8.

Keep someone in the loop

a)

To share something with someone

b)

To keep someone informed

c)

To care about someone

d)

To play with someone

9.

Push the envelope

a)

To get something done with pressure

b)

To go beyond your limits

c)

To fit something that initially didn't fit

d)

To get something done very quickly

10.

Read between the lines

a)

To miss the point of the conversation

b)

To start something

c)

To understand the real meaning of something

d)

To fall sleep

11.

Don't cry over spoiled milk

a)

To not think of something in depth

b)

To not think of something that's already happened

c)

To not drive on bad roads

d)

To not leave your job. Worse is still to happen.

12.

To be on the same page

a)

To have reached an agreement

b)

To be in the same episode, when you're watching TV

c)

To be on the same course when going to uni

d)

All the rest are correct

13.

Cut corners

a)

Do something in a quicker way

b)

Do something with more quality

c)

Do something with more detail

d)

Do something more expensive

14.

Jump ship

a)

Leave a job or a bad situation when it becomes difficult

b)

Get on a situation and just wait to see where it takes you

c)

Just do what you must until things resolve on their own

d)

Follow you're guide until you get things done the right way

15.
  1. Dot the i's and cross the t's

a)

None of the rest, I'm sorry

b)

Pay attention to every detail

c)

Only worry about what you can control

d)

Agree on something with somebody