Stick that, some American is going to jet in and tell you exactly where to: 1. You may well be over-ruled by a foreign executive. 2. Frank admission that one’s boss in New York holds all the strings; slap on the wrist for Managing Director of regional office when the big guns arrive in town. (see Head office, I’m from ______ and I’m here to help; Where the sun don’t shine, shove it)
Wildebeest in a row, has the lion got his:
Wildebeest in a row, has the lion got his: 1. Do we agree on this? 2: Staggeringly ridiculous wildlife reference suggesting a decent working knowledge of the savannah, whilst simultaneously revealing colossal ignorance of same; quaint implication that the King of the Beasts would do what comes naturally to every apex predator, that is to say line up his prey in a neat row before embarking on an attack. (see Beavers, defending it like; Ducks in a row, get our; Hymn sheet, singing from the same; Loose cannon; Off message; Off-piste; Realignment; Wavelength, on the same, not on the same)
Seals, left them clapping like:
Seals, left them clapping like: 1. Elicited a delighted reaction from an audience. 2. Vainglorious report from a sales meeting, almost always over optimistic; hubristic analysis of chances of winning, rarely correct; inflated self opinion manifested in a belief that one is a superb presenter and really rather brilliant. (see Beavers, defending it like; Done deal; In the bag)
Herring, chasing a different:
Herring, chasing a different: 1. Pursuing a fish of a different kind. 2. Aquatic analogy gone AWOL; loose grasp of piscatorial basics; extraordinary ability to distinguish between two different types of soft-finned teleost fish – a skill beyond most of us. (see AWOL, go; Bark into the wind, up the wrong tree; Fish up a tree, he looks like a; Sprat to catch a mackerel)
Squeeze the lemon in both directions and drive the swine to market:
Squeeze the lemon in both directions and drive the swine to market: 1. Meaning unknown, despite extensive research. 2. Comprehensive gobbledegook mixing three metaphors, combining fruit with livestock and trying to make a point at the same time; genuinely staggering.