Lesson 17 - Telling Somebody Off

Question 1

What’s going on?
What happened?
What’s the explanation?
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Answer 1

WHAT’S THE DEAL?

We received 5,000 mailing envelopes from your company, and you sent us an invoice for 50,000. What’s the deal?

Question 2

to have a difficult evening or night

Answer 2

TO HAVE A ROUGH NIGHT

You look exhausted this morning. Did you have a rough night?

Question 3

to end a romantic relationship with someone, usually abruptly and without considering their feelings

Answer 3

TO DUMP SOMEONE

Walter Jenkins, the CEO of a real estate firm, dumped his wife of 40 years and married his young assistant.

Question 4

don’t bother making excuses
don’t try to explain yourself
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Answer 4

SPARE SOMEONE THE SOB STORY

You can’t finish your work tonight because you’ve got a toothache? Spare me the sob story!

Question 5

completely bored with
fed up with
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Answer 5

SICK AND TIRED OF STH

Jane is sick and tired of hearing her boss talk about how great he is. She’s hoping to find a new job soon.

Question 6

to do one’s share of the work

Answer 6

TO PULL ONE’S WEIGHT

Don’t rely on others to get your job done. You need to pull your own weight.

Question 7

to be forgiving
to not judge someone too harshly
to give someone a break

Answer 7

TO CUT SOMEONE SOME SLACK

Cut Gretchen some slack for failing to finish the report on time. She’s going through a bitter divorce.

Question 8

to keep firm control of the way your business or organization is run
to run something effectively and efficiently

Answer 8

TO RUN A TIGHT SHIP

Jack Welch is known as one of the greatest business leaders ever. He ran a tight ship while he was the CEO of General Electric.

Question 9

to ignore a problem or an issue
to refuse to recognize
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Answer 9

TO TURN A BLIND EYE TO STH

Every September when the school year starts, pens and paper disappear from our company’s supply room. We can no longer turn a blind eye to this.

Question 10

improve your behavior or leave

if you don’t improve your performance, you’re going to get fired

Answer 10

SHAPE UP OR SHIP OUT

Martin finally had enough of Todd’s negative attitude. “Shape up or ship out!” he told Todd.

Question 11

sharp

at an exact time

Answer 11

ON THE DOT

The videoconference with our Tokyo office will start at 10 a.m. on the dot.

Question 12

to be late

to be delayed

Answer 12

TO BE RUNNING BEHIND

I’m calling to say I’m running behind. I’ll be at your office in 15 minutes.

Question 13

don’t bother
don’t bother trying to defend yourself
I don’t want to hear your excuses
there’s no point in saying anything

Answer 13

DON’T WASTE YOUR BREATH

Don’t waste your breath trying to talk me into buying an advertisement in your magazine. I’ve already spent my advertising budget for the year.

Question 14

the final offense or annoyance that pushes one to take action
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Answer 14

THE LAST STRAW

First you tell me 1 can’t have an office and now you’re cutting my salary. This is the last straw.

Question 15

a very demanding and often cruel boss or supervisor

Answer 15

SLAVE DRIVER

You’re going to be working late hours as an assistant brand manager in Linda’s group. She’s a real slave driver!

Question 16

to do something which makes it impossible to go back

to damage a relationship to such an extent that one can never go back to that person again

Answer 16

TO BURN ONE’S BRIDGES

When he was fired, Chad really felt like telling Lisa that she was a terrible manager, but he didn’t want to burn his bridges.