Business English Quiz: Play It by Ear or Play It by Eye?

Welcome to the Business English Vocabulary Quiz! Today, we're learning a common Business English idiom.

Today's Challenge:

Did you get it right?

-What should we do about this request? -Let's just play it by___ and see how it goes.

A) hand

B) eye

C) ear

D) tooth

PLAY IT BY EAR

idiom

to decide what to do as things happen, instead of making a plan

We don’t have all the details from the client yet, so let’s play it by ear and adjust the presentation as needed.

We don’t have a strict itinerary for the trip, we’ll just play it by ear.

I’m not sure how long the conference call will last, so let’s play it by ear and decide when to have lunch later.

That's right! The correct answer is C) ear.

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