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Business English Vocabulary Challenge: dig your own spot or grave?

Updated: 3 days ago

Welcome to the Business English Vocabulary Challenge! Today we're learning another common Business English idiom.


Today's Challenge:


Choose the correct noun and listen to the sentence.



The correct answer is grave.


Dig your own grave means to take actions that will likely lead to your own failure.


By lying to his boss, he ended up digging his own grave.


Why is she constantly arguing with the manager? She’s digging her own grave.


He dug his own grave. He should have prepared for the presentation.


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Have you ever seen someone dig their own grave at work? What happened?

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