Diapositive 1

Answer key

• 1.e
• 2.f
• 3.b
• 4.c
• 5.d
• 6.a

Idioms from sport used in Business: player- ropes- game- field- ball- seat- horse- goalposts- race- neck

• A level playing……
• In the driving…..
• To be neck and…..
• Flogging a dead……
• A major…..
• Move the ……
• Keep your eye on the …..
• Ahead of …..
• A one-horse…..
• On the……

Answer key

• 1.field
• 2.seat
• 3.neck
• 4.horse
• 5.player
• 6.goal posts
• 7.ball
• 8.the game
• 9.race
• 10.ropes

Matching

• A level playing field
• In the driving seat
• To be neck and neck
• Flogging a dead horse
• A major player
• Move the goal posts
• Keep your eye on the ball
• Ahead of the game
• A one-horse race
• On the ropes

• A situation of fair competition
• Being in front of the competition
• Being at the same level as the competition
• Being the only competitor
• Wasting your time on hopeless situations
• Staying focused
• A change in the rules
• Being in control
• Being in a very bad situation
• An important company or person with a lot of power or influence

Answer Key

• 1.c
• 2.h
• 3.a
• 4.e
• 5.j
• 6.g
• 7.f
• 8.b
• 9.d
• 10.i

Choose some idioms from the previous exercie and use them in the following sentences

1.it’s not a level……. Any more. As a small Family-owned company, it’s very difficult for us to compete with the big multinationals in terms of price

2.They are so far ahead of their competitors in terms of new products that it has become ……. It will be years before their rivals catch up with them