Sports idioms

The professor did research on how much she could earn a year and learned that if she really .......... hardball, she could make over $200,000.00 a year.

He slept really late, so when he went into work the next day he was not on the ...........

Steven will call the .......... for the week our boss is on leave.

The .......... shots were selected to present the advertising pitch.

She had to roll with the .......... in order to minimize tension.

The employees with least productivity were .......... ducks when we heard of the company downsizing.

He decided to .......... his boots and the company was sad to lose a great employee.

Sue tried to beat the ........ but was too slow.

Finance threw a ......... when they informed us our budget was cut.

‘It was impossible to ........ them all,’ he said while throwing the proposal in the bin.