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    BusinessIdiomsExercise

    AMatchtheidiomswiththemeaningsandthentranslatetheidioms.
    Meaning

    Idiom

    Translation

    1Tobegiventhegreenlight

    ....aincreasealot

    .........................................

    2Toflogadeadhorse

    ....bstaywellinformed

    .........................................

    3Togetholdof

    ....creceiveapproval

    .........................................

    4Togothroughtheroof

    ....dwasteeffort

    .........................................

    5Tokeepuptodate

    ....econtact

    .........................................

    BCirclethecorrectanswer.
    1A:How'sthenewprojectgoing?
    B:Great..............................................
    A Icouldn'tgetholdofanybody
    B It'sgonethroughtheroof
    C It'sbeengiventhegreenlight
    2A:How'sthenewprojectgoing?
    B:Bad..............................................
    A We'refloggingadeadhorse
    B Icouldntgetthroughtoanyone
    C It'suptodate
    3A:Whydoyoureadsomanybusiness
    magazines?

    5Everyone'sworriedaboutthepriceof
    petrol.Theythink
    .............................................
    A it'sgoingtobefloggingadeadhorse
    B it'sgoingtobegiventhegreenlight
    C it'sgoingtogothroughtheroof
    6Wecan'tstartworkonthenewprojectuntil
    .............................................
    A thehorsehasbeenflogged
    B it'sbeengiventhegreenlight
    C it'sgonethroughtheroof
    7Iattendalotofconferencesinorder
    .............................................

    B:.............................................

    A toflogadeadhorse

    A Togetholdofhim

    B togothroughtheroof

    B Togothroughtheroof

    C tokeepuptodate

    C Tokeepuptodate
    4Keepontrying.It'simperative
    .............................................today.

    8IneedtotalktoNigel.I'vebeentrying
    .............................................allday.

    A togetholdofhim

    A togetholdofhim

    B togothroughtheroof

    B toflogadeadhorse

    C toflogadeadhorse

    C tokeepuptodate

    www.autoenglish.org

    WrittenbyBobWilsonRobertCliffordMcNairWilson2007

    Drill
    Askastudent...
    howtheykeepuptodateintheirwork.
    howeasyitistogetholdoftheirboss.

    Answers
    A
    1C 2D 3E 4A 5B
    B
    1C
    2A
    3C
    4A

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    5C

    6B

    7C

    8A

    WrittenbyBobWilsonRobertCliffordMcNairWilson2007

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