open the kimono
v. phr.— «We started four years ago with opening the kimono (budget book) and now we’re caught without our underwear.» —“Pledged projects get axed” by Jennifer Clough Evening Capital (Annapolis, Md.) May 9, 1979. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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