What was said? They want it all – from soup to nuts!
Did someone really say that? Yes – when talking about a new project and what’s in scope (which led us to brainstorm new ones to try to plant like “from larva to kaleidoscope”).
What does it mean? It means the whole thing – from start to finish – the whole “enchilada” if you will.
What was said? “They are totally ham and egging us.”
Did someone really say that? Yes, while playing golf with friends in a light 2 vs. 2 scramble.
What does it mean? In the context above, it was meant to say that they are managing to do well/better than us relying/complementing one another to get a decent score despite not even playing that well.
What was said? We are eating ourselves out of “house and home” before we go to the grocery store again.
Did someone really say that? Yes, my husband when explaining to friends that we haven’t been to the grocery store in 2 weeks and have so much food in the fridge/freezer!
What does it mean? Basically to go through someone’s food supply/storage so that there is almost nothing left.
What was said? We really have to “size up the bread box” very quickly to know what we are dealing with.
Did someone really say that? Yes – twice! In the same meeting when discussing a new project and not being 100% sure about the project scope, amount of data we had to process, etc.
What does it mean? It basically means that we
don’t know the size of the item in question (the project itself in the case
above) and an attempt to gauge the size by comparing it to a “standard”
breadbox.