10 idioms by Keith

Emma lived in London. It was so expensive that by the end of each week, she was broke. She worked in a marketing company and was aiming for a promotion. She had an interview first thing Monday with the CMO to present her case. On Sunday evening, she worked into the night getting her presentation ready for the next day. She even touched base with her colleague, Angela, to make sure all the data she had was correct. Monday was going to be a busy day. Unfortunately she overslept, so she had to skip breakfast at home and was forced to grab a bite on her way to work. She had been swamped with work lately and to be honest, she was feeling a bit under under the weather.

What’s more, she had already been late once last week, and got into hot water with her boss about it, so she couldn’t afford to be late again. Despite everything, she thought I have to keep my chin up and keep going, this interview is so important. At 9:00am the interview began. She thought her presentation went well. However, the CMO started giving feedback, and Emma thought he was picking holes in it. She started to panic. Fortunately, the CMO concluded on a very positive note, and made up his mind to give her the promotion on the spot. Emma was delighted.