Work & Success
When your boss needs you to perform better, he might say "____ up your game."
Step up your game.
When you are making a decision about the direction your life should go, you can say "my life is at a _________.
My boss caught me sleeping when I was at a meeting, now I'm in ___ water.
in hot water.
Step out of your comfort zone
To do something that makes you uncomfortable
Complete the idiom:
Go the extra ______.
mile
My daughter became a spider researcher. She really took the road less _______.
took the road less traveled.
If we need to restart something, we might say "we need to start at square _____."
start at square one.
To open the door to something
to allow for new experiences or opportunities to come into your life.
What does "climb up the corporate ladder" mean?
Use in a sentence:
“Follow in someone’s footsteps.” (you can use any tense)
Example: I traveled in my father's footsteps and became a doctor."
The project hit a ________. All of the progress stopped.
dead end.
Go off track
A discussion changes topic and loses focus.
What does "raise the bar" mean?
Increase standards or expectations
What does it mean to "turn over a new leaf"
start fresh / change behavior
What does it mean to "bite off more than you can chew"
to take on more responsibilities than you are able to do.
Get the ball rolling
You finally start a project after delaying it.
Complete the idiom I had to burn the ________ ___ to complete my work before the deadline.
burn the midnight oil.
What does it mean to "take the plunge?"
make a big decision despite fear
face the music.
To burn a bridge
To cut off a relationship