Sports idioms

There are two .......... against his possible promotion because he has been late to work several times, and does not finish his assignments when they are due.

He slept really late, so when he went into work the next day he was not on the ...........

We have been working on this project for months and are finally on the home .......... to present our project to the employees.

They decided to .......... off the year by opening the shop a week early.

The project manager had completed work to a high standard so he got .......... and didn’t need to work for the weekend.

He took a .......... in the dark and was successful in his result.

It was unfair of the manager to keep moving the ..........; our aim would not be achievable if the outcomes kept changing.

The team members covered all ........ before submitting the proposal.

He was quick off the ........ with his suggestion to increase competition.

It seems that the figures were not ........ of the mark after all.