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To have nine-to-five jobs

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Exercise 1. Match the expression with its definition.

1) to put two and two together a)To think about one particular thing and nothing else.
2) to have a one track mind b) to figure something out from the information available.
3) phony as a three-dollar bill c) with your hands and knees on the ground
4) on all fours d) during the workday, when offices are characteristically open for business.
5) to have nine-to-five jobs e) something that is bogus

 

Exercise 2. Underline the expressions which mean

To put two and two together

to guess the truth about a situation from pieces of information which you know about it; to think entirely or almost entirely about one subject, very false indeed, if someone is in this position - he \ she crawls; to be narrow-minded; it is the typical job at an office that usually starts at nine and ends at five; not true; to understand something by using the information you have; with your hands and knees on the ground; these jobs have scheduled and sometimes monotonous functions.

To have a one track mind

to guess the truth about a situation from pieces of information which you know about it; to think entirely or almost entirely about one subject, very false indeed, if someone is in this position - he \ she crawls; to be narrow-minded; it is the typical job at an office that usually starts at nine and ends at five; not true; to understand something by using the information you have; with your hands and knees on the ground; these jobs have scheduled and sometimes monotonous functions.

Phony as a three-dollar bill

to guess the truth about a situation from pieces of information which you know about it; to think entirely or almost entirely about one subject, very false indeed, if someone is in this position - he \ she crawls; to be narrow-minded; it is the typical job at an office that usually starts at nine and ends at five; not true; to understand something by using the information you have; with your hands and knees on the ground; these jobs have scheduled and sometimes monotonous functions.

 

on all fours
to guess the truth about a situation from pieces of information which you know about it; to think entirely or almost entirely about one subject, very false indeed, if someone is in this position - he \ she crawls; to be narrow-minded; it is the typical job at an office that usually starts at nine and ends at five; not true; to understand something by using the information you have; with your hands and knees on the ground; these jobs have scheduled and sometimes monotonous functions.

to have nine-to-five jobs

to guess the truth about a situation from pieces of information which you know about it; to think entirely or almost entirely about one subject, very false indeed, if someone is in this position - he \ she crawls; to be narrow-minded; it is the typical job at an office that usually starts at nine and ends at five; not true; to understand something by using the information you have; with your hands and knees on the ground; these jobs have scheduled and sometimes monotonous functions.


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