We need to get on this now. Maybe they can get the driver to come back right
away and give us what’s missing.
* get on: to start working on a task
ex> You’d better get on that
project if you want to get a good grade.
Hello, this is Linda at The Old Station
House Restaurant, we’re in a serious pickle because of our delivery today…
(fades out)
* in a pickle: being in a difficult
situation or circumstance
ex> After her car ran out of gas,
Colleen was in quite a pickle.
I’m going to call back and give the
manager a piece of my mind.
* a piece of one’s mind: an expression
of one’s true feelings about something
ex> If I wasn't afraid of being
fired, I’d give the boss a piece of my mind.
I guess we have to go to Plan B – change the special to a
vegetarian meal and offer steak sandwiches instead of burgers.
* plan B: an alternate course of action
ex> When the car failed to start,
they switched to plan B and took Bob’s motorcycle.
After lunch, we’ll put the manager on
speakerphone so we can both chew him out.
* chew someone out: to reprimand someone
ex> The coach chewed me out
for dropping the football in the end zone.
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