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