Work Idioms from Idioms Organiser. Revision

bored because you do not have anything to do and cannot think of anything that you want to do: "Adolescents are most likely to get into trouble when they're ___."

to manage to keep a job for a period of time: "He never could ___."

do or say something that will upset people or cause problems: "Don't ___until the negotiations are finished."

constantly check up on someone: "She's quite capable of looking after herself without her parents ___ all the time"

to find a job and be hired: "As soon as I ___ and start to bring in some money, I'm going to get a stereo. I managed to land a job at a factory."

become confident or successful in a particular field or activity: "It was in Germany that Kennedy ___ as a performer."

to become famous or respected by a lot of people: "He's ___ himself as a talented journalist."

to show someone how to do a job or activity: "Lynn spent an afternoon ___ the new girl ___."

make the slightest effort to do something, especially to help someone: "He never ___ to get Jimmy released from prison."

have a lot of work to do or a lot of things to deal with: "We ___. There is plenty of work to be done on what we have."

to speak to or ask permission from someone who has more authority than the person who you would normally go to in that situation: "Amanda was refusing to give me the week off so I ___ and spoke to the boss."

to work or do other things from early in the morning until late at night and so get very little rest: "It was wonder that some of them also to ___."

take a person’s place or do their job, because they are ill or away: "I had to ___ on Tuesday when she didn't show up."

have as much work as one can do: "I can't do the job—I've ___ at my desk."

go up a series of jobs from the lower paid with less responsibility to the highest paid with the most responsibility within a company or particular profession: "If someone has a good work ethic, they should ___."

to employ someone: "We're ___ at the moment."

said to mean that if an employer pays very low wages, they cannot expect to find good staff The new pay policy will definitely have an effect on quality: "The truth of the matter is that ___."

have a lot of it to deal with, and very busy: "I am ___ in work."

to waste your time and achieve nothing because you have nothing to do: "Graduates who have invested time and their parents' money to go to university do not want to sit ___ on the dole."