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Lion’s den?

If you place yourself in the lion’s den, you put yourself at great risk and danger. 2014-08-08 11:20

Totem pole?

If someone says they’re the low man on the totem pole or any project, they mean to say they’re the common man. 2014-08-05 10:50

Cash cow?

You don’t want to kill or hurt your cash cow because you want it to continue to bring in an income on a daily basis. 2014-07-29 10:59

A dose of his own medicine

It means they’re receiving the bad treatment they’ve been giving others. 2014-07-25 10:54

Kicking the can down the road?

“Kicking the can down the road” means avoiding doing their job now and putting it off till later. 2014-07-22 10:42

Larger scheme of things?

Somehow the human endeavor is often futile and thankless in the grand scheme of things. 2014-07-18 11:07

Food chain?

Food chain can be used as a metaphor points to your particular position in the social hierarchy. 2014-07-15 10:33

Follow the money?

If you follow where all the money goes and to whom, you’ll find the root of all problems in politics today. 2014-07-11 10:24

Behind the eight ball again?

“Behind the eight ball” refers to a position of difficulty from which one is unlikely to extricate themselves. 2014-07-08 11:22

Reading the riot act?

Reading the riot act means giving someone a strong warning – before further actions are taken against them as punishment. 2014-07-01 11:09

Keep his power dry?

In the old days soldiers keep a bag of powders as today’s soldiers carry a supply of metal bullets as ammunition. 2014-06-27 16:06

Raw end of the deal?

People who get the raw end of the deal are harshly, especially unfairly treated. 2014-06-24 13:51

Finest hour?

“Finest hour” means the best hour, the moment when something happens that makes your day. 2014-06-20 11:01

Running up the white flag?

Shoppers running up the white flag means they’re losing the battle against such enemies as inflation, wage freezes and job insecurity. 2014-06-17 11:38

An endless balancing act

It is a process of doing several jobs at the same time and making sure all jobs are done well, equally well. 2014-06-13 11:11

Time to call time on cheap, strong alcohol

To call time on something is to say time is up, the game is over and let’s call it a day. 2014-06-10 10:49

Worth the candle?

It means the gains made from getting some job done won’t be enough to buy the oil burnt from the lamp during the process. 2014-06-06 11:35

Ebbs and flows

It is used to describe things in life that are affected by such cycles of high and low, up and down. 2014-05-30 14:50

Train of thought

Train of thought, which, by the way, means a series of connected thoughts developing in one’s mind. 2014-05-27 14:42

Fair game

Fair play? That means behavior that’s in accordance with rules of a game. 2014-05-23 14:38

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