Corporate jargon
In my previous job in Consulting, I was exposed to a lot of corporate jargon. I'd routinely hear people say things like "We should throw the monkey on their back" or "I want to put the elephant on the table". These two phrases were inspiration for a colleague and me to come up with a list of all things living and breathing that you may put in different places (many of these, of course, can not be used as corporate jargon):
1. A Bull in a China Shop
2. A cat on a hot tin roof
3. A Wolf in Sheep's clothing
4. A bee in the bonnet
5. A fly in the ointment
6. A horse to the water (as in, you can lead a horse..)
7. A horse after the cart (considering that you should not be putting a
horse before the cart)
8. A lamb to the slaughter
9. Ants in the pants
10. A cat in the bag (Ok, this a bit of a stretch; you can "let a cat out
of the bag", so I'm assuming you can put it there in the first place)
11. Pig in the poke
12. Rats to a sinking ship (since they are going to desert the ship, they
must've been taken to it in the first place)
13. Moths to the flame
14. Butterflies in the stomach
15. Bat in the belfry
16. Bug in the code ;)
17. Bug in the rug (as snug as a bug in a rug)
18. Dog in a manger
19. Deer in the headlights
20. Toad in the hole (as in the sausage dish or the pub game)
21. Frog in the throat
22. Cat among the pigeons
23. Cow over the moon (as in, the cow jumped over the moon)
24. Bird in hand
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1. A Bull in a China Shop
2. A cat on a hot tin roof
3. A Wolf in Sheep's clothing
4. A bee in the bonnet
5. A fly in the ointment
6. A horse to the water (as in, you can lead a horse..)
7. A horse after the cart (considering that you should not be putting a
horse before the cart)
8. A lamb to the slaughter
9. Ants in the pants
10. A cat in the bag (Ok, this a bit of a stretch; you can "let a cat out
of the bag", so I'm assuming you can put it there in the first place)
11. Pig in the poke
12. Rats to a sinking ship (since they are going to desert the ship, they
must've been taken to it in the first place)
13. Moths to the flame
14. Butterflies in the stomach
15. Bat in the belfry
16. Bug in the code ;)
17. Bug in the rug (as snug as a bug in a rug)
18. Dog in a manger
19. Deer in the headlights
20. Toad in the hole (as in the sausage dish or the pub game)
21. Frog in the throat
22. Cat among the pigeons
23. Cow over the moon (as in, the cow jumped over the moon)
24. Bird in hand
25. Zebra at a crossing Save to Del.Icio.us Digg This Submit to Reddit Stumble this
Corporate jargon: posted by Vijay at 9:59 PM
6 Comments:
How about Fox in the hen-house
And the desi-fav:
ullu ke patthe
When I was in high school, we used to say "I feel like a cat on a hot tin roof" regularly. Followed by some kind of "Meow." Not sure it's appropriate for work, tho.
And although not used in the same way, 'Puss in boots' just pops to mind :)
There's the proverbial 'Cuckoo in a crow's nest' too
"Puss in Boots" is synonymous with Antonio Banderas for me now!
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