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Exercise 10. (10 min) Focus students' attention on the idioms relating to

the management. Ask students to discuss the meaning of the idioms in pairs.

1. 
   Can't see the wood for the trees - Can not perceive the overview or
   important things because of concentrating too much on details.
   

Ex.: The information presented in this textbook is so disorganized that I
can't see the wood for the trees. The politician's opponents claimed
that she couldn't see the forest for the trees, because she spent so
much time trying to solve minor problems.

2. 
   Doesn't want to be lose face - does not want to lose status; to become less
   respectable.
   

Ex.: John is more afraid of losing face than losing money.
Things will go better if you can explain to him where he was wrong without
making him lose face.

3. 
   Have tunnel vision
   
   1. 
      a visual impairment wherein one can only see what is directly ahead of
      oneself.
      

Ex.: I have tunnel vision, so I have to keep looking from side to side.

2. 
   an inability to recognize other ways of doing things or thinking about things.
   The boss really has tunnel vision about sales and marketing. He sees no
   reason to change anything.
   
1. 
   Bite off more than you can chew
   
   1. 
      to take a larger mouthful of food than one can chew easily or comfortably.
      

Ex.: I bit off more than I could chew, and nearly choked.

2. 
   Take on more work or a bigger task than one can handle, as in Ex.:
   

With two additional jobs, Bill is clearly biting off more than he can chew.
Cautions against taking on too much appear in medieval sources,
although this particular metaphor, alluding to taking in more food than
one can chew, dates only from about 1870.

5. 
   Too many chiefs, not enough Indians - Too many people want to be the
   leader, and not enough people are willing to follow to do the detail work.
   Everyone on that committee wants to be in charge.
   

Ex.: Too many chiefs and not enough Indians. We'll never finish this
project if everyone keeps trying to give orders. There are too many
chiefs and not enough Indians.

6. 
   Cut corners - take shortcuts; save money or effort by finding cheaper or
   easier ways to do something.
   

Ex.: They're always finding ways to cut corners. I won't cut corners just to
save money. I put quality first.

7. 
   Throw money at the problem
   

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  try to solve a problem by indiscriminately spending money on it.
  

Ex.: This agency has thrown money at the housing problem, but it has
been nothing but a long-term disaster. Don't just throw money at it.

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  to spend money in the belief that money alone will solve a problem
  

Ex.: Many people agree that throwing money at education has not
produced great results.

8. 
   Open a can of worms - create a situation that will cause trouble or be
   unpleasant.
   

Ex.: The investigation into how these expensive trips were paid for
certainly opened a can of worms.

8. 
   Be a yes-man - be the one who tends to agree uncritically with others,
   especially with people in superior positions.