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Business Expressions 1

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  1. I thought this time things were going to be better. Losing the contract was ___ to swallow.
    a. bottom line
    b. blue collar
    c. a bitter pill
    d. back to the drawing board.
    e. blow-by-blow

  2. We've lost the contract thanks to your incompetence. You really ___ , didn't you?
    a. back to the drawing board.
    b. bottlenecks
    c. bottom line
    d. blue collar
    e. blew it

  3. I'd be better off stopping my legal job and doing jobs for cash. The ___ is the only way to make money these days.
    a. blow-by-blow
    b. back to the drawing board.
    c. bottlenecks
    d. black economy
    e. bottom line

  4. The product didn't work in the States. As they say there, it really ___ .
    a. back to the drawing board.
    b. bottlenecks
    c. bombed
    d. blow-by-blow
    e. bottom line

  5. However, the same product sold really well in England. As they say there, it ___ .
    a. back to the drawing board.
    b. bottlenecks
    c. bottom line
    d. blue collar
    e. went like a bomb

  6. He used to work on the factory floor. Yes, he really started out as a ___ worker.
    a. blue collar
    b. back to the drawing board.
    c. bottlenecks
    d. bottom line
    e. blow-by-blow

  7. There are many reasons why this should be a success. However, the ___ is that it has been a big flop.
    a. bottom line
    b. back to the drawing board.
    c. bottlenecks
    d. blow-by-blow
    e. a bitter pill

  8. Production has been unable to keep pace with demand. We are doing our best to eliminate the ___ .
    a. blow-by-blow
    b. back to the drawing board.
    c. blew it
    d. a bitter pill
    e. bottlenecks

  9. We'll have to start again on this one. It's time to go ___ .
    a. blow-by-blow
    b. blew it
    c. black economy
    d. bombed
    e. back to the drawing board.

  10. Don't leave out any details. I want a full ___ account of what happened in the meeting.
    a. blow-by-blow
    b. blew it
    c. black economy
    d. bombed
    e. went like a bomb

Copyright 1998 by Pearson Brown (pearsonb@easynet.fr)
This quiz is part of the HTML-Only Self-Study Quizzes which is part of Activities for ESL Students, a project by The Internet TESL Journal.