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“I tried explaining it to the receptionist, but she didn’t get the picture!”
As a matter of fact, it’s a grey area because there’s so much to consider
She said the new contract I won for the school was music to her ears
After the meeting we discussed the main issue and I must say his perspective is rather odd
We tried to solve the problem, but we couldn’t find common ground
I thought we were on the right track, but your going somewhere else with those ideas
I though I knew how to dance but with those Salsa lessons I had to go back to square one
“he’s really gotten into exploring caves and remote locations alone”
The IT budget is outta control man, we gotta tackle that problem
She’s been scoring for the team with deal after deal!
“Did you notice the sales figures? And that hockey stick curve he showed on the slides to the CEO!
I went through the same thing last year I’m still working on it so, I’m in the same boat
It’s great to have an Environmental Economist on board, welcome to the firm!
3 in 1: Bonus: the right answer has another idiom
The guy does it by the book, and can’t think outside the box which doesn’t jive with the rest of us