Business Expressions 3 1.
I reckon we owe you about the same as you owe us. Why don’t
we just ______?
A) call his bluff
B) called it a day
C) calls the shots
D) chicken
E) call it quits
2.
We’ve been working on this for fourteen hours now. Isn’t it time
we ______?
A) called it a day
B) call it quits
C) calls the shots
D) chicken
E) call his bluff
3.
Let’s face it, he decides. He’s the boss so he’s the one that
______.
A) called it a day
B) calls the shots
C) call it quits
D) chicken
E) call his bluff
4.
He says he will go elsewhere if we don’t lower our price but I
don’t think he will. I think we should ______.
A) call his bluff
B) call it quits
C) called it a day
D) calls the shots
E) chicken
5.
I’m sure that there is a lot of corruption in that country. If we
order an internal audit we may be opening ______.
A) carry the can
B) chicken
C) can’t win
D) chicken and egg
E) a can of worms
6.
Someone is going to have to take responsibility for this disaster.
Who is going to ______.
A) can’t win
B) carry the can
C) chicken
D) a can of worms
E) chicken and egg
7.
Whatever we do, we are going to come out badly. It’s a ______
situation.
A) a can of worms
B) carry the can
C) chicken
D) can’t win
E) chicken and egg
8.
She always likes to think things through very carefully. She likes
to ______.
A) chicken and egg
B) chicken
C) chew things over
D) call his bluff
E) call it quits
9.
We need a loan to start the company and we need a company to
get the loan. It’s a ______ situation.
A) calls the shots
B) chew things over
C) chicken
D) call his bluff
E) chicken and egg
10. We wanted to expand into Asia but we were a bit frightened. We
were soon sorry for being so ______.
A) chicken and egg
B) chicken
C) calls the shots
D) chew things over
E) call it quits
