Matching Pairs Idioms "Work" - Advanced pt 2Online version Vocabulary for Idioms - Idioms "Work" - Advanced pt 2 by Natalia Tolstopyat 1 at the top of the ladder 2 the rat race 3 to corner the market 4 to hit a glass ceiling 5 a sleeping / silent partner 6 a golden hello 7 track record 8 to get a foot in the door 9 a golden handshake take a job at a low level in an organisation, because you want a better job in the same organisation in the future in the highest position in an organisation a point after which you cannot progress in your career a partner in the company who doesn't take an active part in its management, but often provides some of the money become so successfull at selling a product that almost no one else can sell it a large payment made to someone when they leave their job, either because their employer has asked them to leave, or as a reward for good service when they retire a large payment made to someone when they accept a new job a way of life in which people compete with one another for power and money all the achievements or failures that someone or something has had in the past