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Business English Quiz: What’s the Right Idiom for a Small Setback?
- Erin West
- Apr 29
- 2 min read
Updated: May 6
Welcome to the Business English Vocabulary Quiz!
Today’s Focus:
This common business idiom describes what happens when you face an unexpected problem that slows things down.
Today’s Challenge:
You're working on a project, and everything is going fine. Suddenly, there's a small issue — a technical bug or a delay with a supplier. Nothing major, but enough to hold things up.
What idiom describes this kind of situation?
We hit a _____, so the project was delayed.
A) snag
B) snack
C) snake
D) gap
Choose the correct option and listen to the sentence.
Did you get it right?
SNAG
noun
a small problem or difficulty that stops or slows something
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HIT A SNAG
idiom
to suddenly have a small problem that stops or delays your progress
We were building the website, but we hit a snag when the server crashed.
Our plan to open a new store hit a snag because of the permit paperwork.
Everything was going fine until we hit a snag with the delivery schedule.
SNACK
noun
a small amount of food eaten between meals
I had a quick snack before the meeting.
She grabbed a snack from the vending machine.
Let’s take a break and have a snack.
SNAKE
noun
an animal with no legs that moves by sliding on the ground
We saw a snake in the garden.
Some snakes are dangerous, but many are harmless.
He is scared of snakes.
GAP
noun
a space or opening between two things, or a missing part
There’s a small gap between the two doors.
After graduation, I took a gap year before starting university.
We need to fill the gap in the schedule with another meeting.
That's right! The correct answer is A) snag.
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