Examples of this idiom:
  1. "Who'd like to step up to the plate and start working on this assignment?", asked the team leader.
  2. I don't mind stepping up to the plate for a lucrative project like this.
Meaning:
To take action; To do one's best; To volunteer. 




Examples of this idiom:
  1. "Boss threw cold water on Ben's plan by presenting some figures which he couldn't deny."
  2. I didn't have a choice but to throw cold water on his idea of expansion into the Middle-East. It is ridiculous when there has been hardly any cash-flow this year.
Meaning:
To present reasons why something will not work; to discourage.



Examples of this idiom:
  1. I can't afford a car anymore. Oil prices have gone through the roof!
  2. Statistics indicate the crime rate in our country has gone through the roof.
Meaning:
Very high; higher than expected (especially prices).



Examples of this idiom:
  1. Stop praising the newspaper classifieds and put your money where your mouth is instead.
  2. If you're so certain that you'll win the lottery, why don't you put your money where your mouth is?
Meaning:
To be willing to bet or invest your money in something you support or believe in.




Examples of this idiom:
  1. The telecom company found different ways to turn around their business. They introduced five new products in a single month.
  2. This site teaches you how to turn around your business when it is failing.
Meaning:
To make a business profitable again; to go from not making profits to being profitable again;





Examples of this idiom:
  1. They had to work down to the wire to finish this metro railway project on time.
  2. If you don't put enough effort now, working down to the wire can cause a lot of stress later.
Meaning:
To work until the last minute; to work until just before the deadline;



Examples of this idiom:
  1. The project can't be delivered by this month-end. The company still needs to work out the kinks with their final stage.
  2. Drew is the only guy who could work out some kinks from this mess.
Meaning:
To solve the problems with; to work out solutions for; to get rid of some obstacles in;


Examples of this idiom:
  1. Bill is a yes man. Don't expect him to talk about the problem to Mary.
  2. Just 'cos I'm the boss doesn't mean you gotta agree. I don't want any one of you to be a  'yes man' type.
Meaning:
An employee who always agrees with the boss or does whatever the boss says.





Examples of this idiom:

  1. It was touch and go for a while, but the vet says my cat will live.
  2. Seems like a touch and go commitment, how do you expect to pay back such a huge sum?
Meaning:
Very risky, uncertain, or critical.




Examples of this idiom:
  1. He got fired 'cos he was a loose cannon and caused everybody a lot of trouble.
  2. "Don't be such a loose cannon," exclaimed Martha, "We had already decided the wedding would be this October, didn't we!?."
Meaning:
A person who is unpredictable and sometimes out of control.




Examples of this idiom:
  1. Sarah's uncle is an international business tycoon who wheels and deals all over the globe.
  2. We gotta reach a stage where we wheel and deal in every state to feel our oats.
Meaning:
To skillfully and aggressively make big plans with important business, usually to earn a lot of money




Examples of this idiom:
  1. Look, we're all in the same boat, and we've got to work together.
  2. The financial recession has restricted my investment options too. We all are sailing in the same boat.
Meaning:
In the same bad situation; sharing the same problem or difficulty.




Examples of this idiom:
  1. Gillian's suggestion, a "dress as your favorite vegetable" party was way out in left field.
  2. At this stage, a marketing budget like that is definitely out in the left field.
Meaning:
Unusual; crazy; totally wrong.





Examples of this idiom:
  1. When the counselor left, we had a pillow fight. When the cat's away, the mice will play.
  2. The convicts started their fights as soon as the jailer left. When the cat's away, the mice will play.
Meaning:
When the person in charge is absent, people will usually do as they please and take advantage of the freedom.



Examples of this idiom:
  1. I've tried everything to make this relationship work. I think I'm at the end of my rope now.
  2. We've reached the end of our ropes. This project's over.
Meaning:
A the limit of your ability, endurance, or patience to do something.

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