Jargonaut Express: Essential Idioms for the Astute Business Speaker

Ambulance chaser
An ambulance chaser is someone who takes the easy route, not willing to put in the hard work it takes to earn the real thing.

A bird in hand is better than two in the bush

Triangulate means to call in a committee of three or more people to perform analysis on a question or problem

To throttle means to control the level of output, to accelerate.

The long tent pole

blessing and a curse

Peel the onion

A lightsaber is a fictional weapon used by Luke Skywalker in the movie Star Wars

Synonomy Steal the spotlight, steal the limelight

Stealing someone’s thunder