Business Idioms 2

"_____-fifty" means something is divided equally -- 50% for one party, 50% for the other party.

• fifty

• five

• half

• whole

If you start a business, project, or something else from zero, you start it "from the ____ up."

• sideway

• middle

• ground
• earth

A "____ plan" is a strategy or plan.

• action

• goal
• tactic
• game

To "get down to ____" means to stop making small talk and start talking about serious topics.

• deal

• business
• core

• bottom

To "get the ____" means to start something (a project, for example).

• ball rolling
• project started
• task initiated
• game on

If someone likes you, you are "on the good ___" of that person.

• zone

• list
• side

• end

To "get or have one's ____ in the door" means to take a low-level position with a company with the goal of eventually getting a better position with the same company.

• hand
• head
• foot
• shoulder

To "give someone a pat on the ___" means to tell someone that they did a good job.

• arm
• back
• head
• shoulder

To "give something or someone the ____ down" means to deny approval.

• fingers

• palms

• hands

• thumbs

To "go ____" means to go bankrupt or to lose all the money a person or business had.

• broke
• down

• off

• affluent