Money Idioms
Management Idioms
Conflict Idioms
Trick or Treat hihi
100
If a company is 'in the black,' what are they doing?
Making a profit
100
I didn't go to the last meeting, so I'm out of the loop. This means...
I don't have the same information as everybody else.
100
I shouldn't have agreed to take on the third project! I have far too much ____ ____ ____ right now.
On my plate.
100

I missed the last meeting, so Stella brought me up to speed. She...

Gave me the information I didn't have.

The points earned from this question are stollen from the total of the other team's points >:)

200
If a company is 'in the red,' what are they doing?
Losing money.
200

We 'don't see eye-to-eye' on this issue. What does this mean?

We don't share the same opinion.

200

They didn't give me much information or preparation before I started. I was really thrown off into the ______ ______.

Deep end.

200

This idiom means to contact someone. I have a meeting right now but I’ll touch ____ with you later.

Each member of your team can only say one letter of the answer at a time. If someone says more than one letter, your team will not get any points for this question.

Base.

300
When you 'make ends meet,' what are you doing?
Making enough money to pay your living expenses.
300

I feel like I keep stepping on my boss' toes. In other words...

I'm always interfering in their work or making them angry.

300
I think we should confront this problem directly. We should take the bull by the ______.
Horns.
300

We didn't plan very well before the meeting, but luckily Alice is good at thinking on ____ ______.

Her feet.

Exchange your team's points with the other team's >:)

400
The car salesperson 'ripped me off.' What did they do?
They charged me more money than the car was worth.
400
I thought the new intern needed help, so I took them under my _______.
Wing.
400
He shouts all the time, so I thought he would be a horrible man - but when I got to know him, I realised that his _____ was worse than his ______.
Bark, bite.
400

All members of your team must touch something in this room that can fill in the blank. 

This idiom means to start over, but it’s used more often to describe going back to the first stage of a project or process. Our design for small family homes wasn’t approved so we have to go back to the drawing _______.

Go back to the drawing board

500
The product was too expensive, so we sacrificed some quality in order to lower production costs. In other words...
We cut corners.
500
When the company hires a new employee, they always ask me to show them the _______.
Ropes.
500
The misunderstanding was caused because we didn't all have the same information. We weren't all on ___ _____ _____.
The same page.
500

Cat will give you an idiom. Your team has 1 minute to create a tableau that represents it. If the other team can guess what the idiom is, your team will be awarded 500 points.

Good luck!

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