Need some new business related idioms. I've worn out "elephant in the room" and "alligator closest to the boat." What's your go-to?

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6 of one, half dozen of the other; measure twice, cut once; it's easier to trim an oak than grow a sapling; don't boil the ocean; drink from the fire hose; measure twice, cut once; put it in the parking lot; lets right-size it; boots on the ground; lipstick on a pig; 30,000 foot view; 80-20 rule; burn the candle at both ends

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Yeah, I created a website. Look, at the end of the day, apples to apples, flying at 30,000 feet, this is a paper company. And I don’t want us to get lost in the weeds or into a beauty contest. Convergence, viral marketing, we’re going guerrilla. We’re taking it to the streets, while keeping an eye on the street — Wall Street. I don’t want to reinvent the wheel here. In other words, it is what it is. Buying paper just became fun.

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WTF is alligator closest to the boat

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Can't put 9 women in a room and make a baby in 1 month

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Herding cats

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Yea it's a more entertaining way to ask which issue is most urgent. Basically I'm a circus monkey and my client pays me to entertain 🐒

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Chocolate diamond: when you take a turd of a project, polish it up, and shop the qual like you cured cancer.

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More useless than a bag of dicks with no handles

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Archer pirate King episode has a bunch quite funny

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Goat rodeo.

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If someone's is incompetent, they "couldn't find their butt with both hands". I suppose that's not terrible business appropriate, but it's certainly descriptive.

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You have a point there, but they way you comb your hair, I can hardly tell

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^inspiring.

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I think it means like, the biggest risk or problem. Right?

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Making mountains out of mole hills

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We'll jump off that bridge when we get to it
Oh I see the light at the end of the tunnel; it's a train
Throw shit in the air and see what sticks
Pockets of Suck
No matter how fast you run on shit, it'll still stick to your shoe.

Add half the movie scripts from Office Space, Wall Street, Boiler Room, and Fight Club

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Stick this in your intellectual toaster and see what pops up.

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Monkey f*cking a football

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Low-hanging fruit

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[D5 drops mic 🎤]

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