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Sport idioms

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    C1-C2 idiomatic expressions
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  • Large multinational corporations often disregard ethical norms and instead ____ ____ their own ____.
    play by their own rules
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  • Which idiom is similar to the phrase 'to go back to the drawing board'
    go back to square one
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  • Which idiom relate to a swimming pool and means to experience difficulty?
    be thrown in the deep end
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  • We'd almost signed the contract when the other guys _____ ____ _____and said they wanted more money.
    moved the goalposts
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  • The workers ______ ___ _____ by demanding such high wages that no one could afford to employ them.
    The workers scored an own goal
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  • Three of the original five candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination are no longer running and have _____ ___ _____ _____.
    thrown in the towel
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  • Which idiom is related to boxing and means 'likely to fail'?
    on the ropes
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