Cover of the textbook Speakout Advanced Plus - Students' Book

Exercise 6 — Speakout Advanced Plus - Students' Book

3.2 - Fired! — Speakout Advanced Plus - Students' Book by Frances Eales and Steve Oakes from Pearson Education

Question

Read the dictionary entry then underlined the metaphors in the advice below. What is the original meaning of the metaphors and which area of life do they come from?