Mistakes & Poor Performance

As the CEO, the buck stops here with me - I'm ultimately responsible for the success or failure of the company.

By the time he realized his mistake, he had already brought a knife to a gunfight and lost the opportunity to make a good impression.

His alibi has more holes than Swiss cheese; it's clear he's lying about his whereabouts.

喜马拉雅式的错误, 喜马拉雅式的失误

If the company goes ahead with the merger without doing proper due diligence, it will be a Himalayan blunder that could have disastrous consequences.

如果公司在没有进行适当尽职调查的情况下继续进行合并，那将是一个可能带来灾难性后果的喜马拉雅式错误。

I overshot the mark and added too much salt to the recipe.

错误举动, 鲁莽行动

By the time the mistake was discovered, the employee had already made several false moves that had cost the company a lot of money.

当错误被发现时，该员工已经做了几个错误的举动，使公司损失了很多钱。

He regretted his slip of the tongue during the interview, which cost him the job.

By the time they realized the truth, they had already been like turkeys voting for Christmas, and it was too late to change the outcome.

By the time they realized the extent of the problem, the malfunction had brought the entire system to a grinding halt.