Top Idioms
I'll start things off
Better the devil you know than the devil you don't
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater
I'll start things off
Better the devil you know than the devil you don't
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater
Career Resources
Don't dip your pen in the company ink
Front office/back office
Elephant in the room
Catch a falling knife
Burning the midnight oil
boil the ocean
EDIT: Already posted
not playing with a full deck from the grapevine elvis has left the building
don't shit where you eat you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink
That's what she said
what what, in the butt
They pissed on the seat and now I have to take a shit
Never make decisions when you're angry, never make promises when you're happy.
That's not a fucking idiom. Just a common sense.
keep an ear to the ground water under the bridge
that shit might fly at banco popular, but not in my house
I understood that reference! http://www.leveragedsellout.com/2008/07/chartered-financial-banalyst/
bros before hoes
Waiting for the other shoe to drop
hotter than 2 squirrels fucking in a wool sock
colder than a witch's tit in a brass bra
sweating like a whore in church
rode hard and put up wet
like a pig to mud
You must work in Houston. Those are old school TX finance asf.
I'd like to add:
screw the pooch pissin in the wind slower than Christmas
I like to fuck MILFs
Forest for the trees
Six of one, half a dozen of the other
That's the way the ball bounces
Playing with house money
“You don't get rich in this business, you only attain new levels of relative poverty. You think Gutfreund feels rich? I'll bet not."
So sad but probably true
One in the hand is worth more than two in the bush.
Where do tits come into play in this point system?
big for your britches
don't know your ass from a hole in the ground
that dog will hunt
pot calling the kettle black
six in one, half dozen in the other
wish in one hand, shit the other, see which one fills up first
not really an idiom, but "bless her heart" is a big one, which if you've never been around a southern family means "she's a fucking idiot"
and then a few idiotic business ones
level set
low hanging fruit
on my radar
par for the course
touch base
Don't piss on my leg and tell me it's raining.
I've always liked that one.
Best of both worlds
Best thing since sliced bread
Whole nine yards
closest alligator to the boat
(drops mic)
"Don't spin your wheels"
Every time my douchebag principal says this I want to cut his fucking tongue out.
Best:
We're not here to fuck spiders.
Off to the races.
Worst:
Ducks in a row.
when shit hits the fan
Coffee is for closers.
in two shakes of a lamb's tale
not in my wheel-house
There's nothing funnier than an IB Managing Director that uses these all day.
Off one's rocker Missed the boat Blank check Pull the wool over your eyes
Dog and pony showI was wondering, how does a whore sweat in church ? I understand that's Southern...
dont look a gift horse in the mouth
Fucked up to be damned Raising all manners of hell Wheels off Clown car of fuckery Shot across the bow Deck chair off the Titanic Move the needle Throwin it from the cheap seats Misery loves company Cologne of desperation Couldn't sell their way out of a bag It is not your job to close the buffet, she will close it Ohh that girl will cut you (a compliment) Given it a good college try Right in the thick of the curve
This could go on and on
linchpin going to be a long putt kiss a lot of frogs
Mothrfcukrs are always trying to skate up hill.
This is relevant. Warning, may cause PTSD:
The dreaded back office classic:
Please advise.
I work in BO and see this about 100 times a day. Makes me cringe every time.
This is my trigger
I've got a few more...
(Going) to Hell in a handbasket FUBAR
- I've used this a few times for when things have overshot the mark by a wide margin. Shaken, not stirred. - So much bad science and brilliant marketing for this one is just ruining great drinks for everyone. Not that it's a banking one in particular, just one that pisses me off in general. Don't know shit from ShinolaNot gonna lie, there is one that I'd love to see used more often - "Now go do, that voodoo that you do so well." - to end a meeting with.
"Free college for everyone"
Too many chefs spoils the broth. Buy the fckng dip
From back in the day when fairness trumped winning so everyone got to play:
"Don't pass it to Jimmy....he couldn't catch a cold with his pants off in Alaska...."
Putting lipstick on a dog / putting makeup on a pig, and calling it pretty
Drink the Kool-aid
Screwed the pooch
Open the kimono
Under the hood
Drill down
Spitball some ideas
Frosting a turd
Lots of things to do with the market: Shitting the bed Through the roof Dead cat bounce Dovish/hawkish Bull/bear Etc.
want a friend? Buy a dog
Hair of the dog
If the shoe fits
Sleep tight, don't let the shitbugs bite
Good night, keep your butthole tight
You've punched your last ticket, amigo
the deuce in the urinal
Massage the numbers
Not the sharpest tool in the shed
"Open the kimono" - apparently super popular, though I hadn't heard it used until recently.
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