Discovering the leak felt like a stab in the back after all the trust we'd built.

If you get up on the wrong side of the bed, everything seems to go wrong all day.

The small startup winning the patent case was a real one in the eye for the industry giants who had dismissed its chances.

During the argument, I felt like a pig in the middle, trying to keep both friends from shouting at each other.

After the third missed deadline, the team leader had to give someone the heave-ho to keep the project on track.

If anyone here can deliver the message to Garcia, it's you.

After Thanksgiving dinner, I was full to the gills and could barely move.

What the dickens are you doing with my keys?

When the scandal broke, the board decided to throw the marketing director to the wolves to shield the CEO.

Adding extra security measures now would be like trying to close the stable door after the horse has bolted, because the client's private data has already been leaked.