bluebird n.— «Welch got rid of a strategic albratross, got a strategic bluebird, got essentially $1 billion in the hopper, and got out of the consumer electronics business.» —“Roundtable Discussion Audio Video Home...
greenhouse n.— «Saturn could have been done better. I’m not talking about the engine mount or the shape of the greenhouse.» —“Roundtable Discussion Automobile Industry” Wall Street Transcript July 20, 1992. (source:...
amero n.— «Steve Previs, a vice president at Jefferies International Ltd., explained the Amero “is the proposed new currency for the North American Community which is being developed right now between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico...
leave chips on the table v. phr.— «What you find is that the passive hedgers and other nonprofit participants leave “chips on the table” in the currency market, that speculators, in essence, are able to take advantage of. The...
leave (something) on the table v. phr.— «Well, I can’t leave something on the table that he’s charged me with, and so let’s get to that one.» —“Transcript Of The Vice Presidential Debate” by Lloyd Bentsen Washington...
lane n.— «Well, I think the policy debate is going to continue in public, and that’s outside of my lane. What I can tell you is that military to military, which is where my lane is, that we could not have better cooperation from United...