be an up-and-coming (businessman), a person who is promising and likely to succeed in the future, be good on paper, to look like a good idea or option in theory, but not necessarily in real life, be snowed under / be up to one's ears / have one's hands full / be tied up, to be very busy, be the breadwinner, the person who earns money to support their family, climb the career ladder, to progress in your career, getting better jobs or positions, get the sack / get sacked, to be fired from a job, make ends meet, to earn just enough money to live on, put sth on hold, to delay or pause something, think outside the box, to think creatively or in an unusual way, work 24/7, to work all the time, day and night, go places, to be successful or likely to be successful, go from strength to strength, to continue improving and being successful, a recipe for disaster, a situation that is likely to cause failure or problems, work like a dream, to function perfectly or very well, to be built on sand, not solid or reliable; likely to fail, a blessing in disguise, something that seems bad at first but turns out to be good

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