Choice words?
Choice words are often euphemisms for curse words and other obscene words that are sometimes not even fit for print or repetition.
Ins and outs?
“Ins and outs” means all the details.
Getting too close to the sun?
If someone is described as flying too close to the sun, he or she is being reckless and rash, driven hubris or arrogance.
Sounding board?
One person uses the other as a sounding board so as to see how his or her ideas sound to the other person.
Baker's dozen?
Anyways, baker's dozen means 13 – not twelve, the number a dozen usually represents.
Through the office grapevine?
Grapevine is anonymous with the rumor mill, the unofficial channel through which information, or rather, gossip is shared.
Better angels?
One's better angels or the better angels of our nature represent the Godliness in us.
Better judgement?
They mean to say they shouldn't have done it had they fully followed their head instead of the heart.
Boom and bust?
In other words, rags to riches, riches to rags. Fortunes made, fortunes lost.
Top dog?
The top dog wins – or at least is always expected to win.
Down time?
Down time refers to a period of break, hiatus or sabbatical during an otherwise hectic and busy schedule.
All hat and no cattle?
All hat and no cattle is descriptive of someone who talks big but doesn't act on his words.
Wrecking ball?
If someone or something is described as a wrecking ball, he or she, or it is something that can do great damage and destruction.
Red meat speech?
Red meat represents raw, basic food that serves our basic appetite. Our basic appetite represents our basic needs.
Cloak and dagger?
“Cloak and dagger” indicate a plot of heroic and/or horrific drama full of breathtaking, daring and pulsating twists and turns.