These are actual sentences I heard in corporate America, except for one that I invented. Guess which one.
“Put that idea in the blender.”
“We have to light a fire under our collective asses.”
“He’s a paper clip evangelist.”
“We’re a vertically integrated firm.”
“We’d better massage this document.”
“He verges on non-functional.”
“I have to go to a rubber chicken dinner.”
“We were on the information cul-de-sac.”