Matching Pairs Business EnglishOnline version Business English Idioms by Natalia Dmitrieva 1 He was always up to his eyes in work. 2 He had a good track record. 3 He began to lose his touch. 4 The boss gave him a piece of his mind. 5 And then he put his foot in it. 6 But success went to his head. 7 He started trying to pass the buck. 8 And he usually played his cards right. 9 He had a good nose for a sale. 10 Pedro Brown was in the ball. 11 And in the end he was fired. 12 Nobody put him in the picture any more. He was not told what was happening. He made the right decisions. He began to have too important an opinion of himself. He was a natural salesman. He passed responsibility to other people. He lost his job. He made a big mistake. He started to make mistakes. He talked to him very directly. He had too many things to do. His job experience was good. He was a clever employee, he knew what was going on.