Professional English Quizzes | Business Idioms

by Danny Ballan | Feb 25, 2022 | Uncategorized

1. 
Pedro Brown was on the ball.

2. 
He had a good track record.

3. 
He had a good nose for a sale.

4. 
And he usually played his cards right.

5. 
But success went to his head.

6. 
He began to lose his touch.

7. 
He was always up to his eyes in work.

8. 
He started trying to pass the buck.

9. 
And then he put his foot in it.

10. 
The boss gave him a piece of his mind.

11. 
Nobody put him in the picture any more.

12. 
And in the end he was fired.

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