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Oct 8, 2019
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Skeptical Optimist
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That's a pretty common idiom. Means from beginning to end - a full course dinner
starts with a cup of soup and ends with a tray of nuts after dessert.
I usually see people use it meaning "everything we have to possibly consider from beginning to end of a project".
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Best "unique" phrases you learned at work?
Ragnar Danneskjold
#$4,000,000neverforget
10/8/19 8:44am
I spend a lot of time in construction. I should probably not participate in this thread.
kccougar
10/8/19 8:48am
Love that phrase. I heard it in a little different context - a bad idea or dumb
Santos L. Halper
10/8/19 8:50am
That's something I'd want to get addressed.
zerigke
10/8/19 8:58am
Had a co-worker who would say fantabulous. It was awful.
IceCreamButt
10/8/19 9:03am
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macaroni
10/8/19 9:08am
“Three legged dog is better than no dog”
Noni Fruit
10/8/19 9:09am
I had a coworker who always used the term "netizen" to talk about people on the
Skeptical Optimist
10/8/19 9:12am
This isn’t unique but I can’t stand “please advise”
Extra Biscuits
10/8/19 9:16am
"I've got a booger to wipe on you" meaning an unpleasant task/assignment
byujag
10/8/19 9:17am
In the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king
run26
10/8/19 9:26am
Volentold
BlueFreak
10/8/19 9:29am
*Voluntold
Iman23
10/8/19 9:43am
Dollars to donuts. Hate it.
Pro Logic
10/8/19 9:30am
hate that one so much. Also "circle back" "touch base" and "notional"
Mayor of Cougartown
10/8/19 9:41am
"From soup to nuts"
MapCoug
10/8/19 9:33am
That's a pretty common idiom. Means from beginning to end - a full course dinner
Skeptical Optimist
10/8/19 9:41am
It’s stupid because who really ever sees a tray of nuts after dinner?
run26
10/8/19 9:48am
sounds dumb like something Europeans would do and then rip Americans for being
Mayor of Cougartown
10/8/19 9:52am
The fanciest restaurant I've ever eaten at put out a tray of nuts with the bill at the end of the meeting
cheezedawg
10/8/19 3:48pm
Annoying lady at work always says, "somebody has a case of the Mondays"
Thrill
10/8/19 10:06am
Misused phrase seen in email a few times: "touch all basis" instead of "bases"
Thrill
10/8/19 10:09am
The retired navy guy on our dock always has best lines "That guy can kiss my
Kauai
10/8/19 10:12am
"flush something out" when they mean "flesh something out"
Iman23
10/8/19 10:21am
"The guy is so dumb he couldn't pour piss out of a boot with the instructions written on the heel".
HighHorse
10/8/19 5:04pm
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