“Your worries have nothing to do with the new proposal. Stop _______, and cast your vote!”
beating around the bush
________, the servers are crashing because of an issue with our power supply.
To put it in a nutshell
Let me _________; I don't think you're right for this job.
get straight to the point
“I _________ that my sister-in-law got the promotion, but I really don't know much about it.”
heard on the grapevine
We've hired a new intern to help you with data entry, so be sure to _______ about the project.
keep her in the loop
When Jack and Taylor arrived at the award function together, everyone ___________.
got the wrong end of the stick
“Before we make any decisions today, I'd like to make sure that everyone is _________.”
on the same page
His handwriting was so bad that we couldn't __________ out of it.
make heads or tails
I was talking to Kyle about Georgia, but we were _____________. I was talking about Georgia in Russia, and he was talking about Georgia in the U.S.A. We laughed when we realised we were talking about two different "Georgias".
at cross-purposes
“I don't believe it that she did it. I'm going to go to ask her and ________________.”
hear it straight from the horse's mouth
I've tried to discuss my feelings with her, but it's like _________________.
talking to a brick wall
His lawyer _________________ about what had happened since his arrest.
put him in the picture
