Entrepreneurial spirit
The desire or drive to take risks, and the starchy confidence to start a business
Example
When it comes to how the public describes her son, she prefers to recognize him by his entrepreneurial spirit versus his net worth.
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Dosh
Dosh
Money
Examples
Cycling saves you a heap of dosh.
A man with plenty of dosh.
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Elephant in the room
Elephant in the room
An obvious major problem or issue that people avoid discussing or acknowledging
Examples
Still not wanting to mention the elephant in the room.
And, yes, there’s an AI-sized elephant in the room right now, and no shortage of talk about how AI is shaping the future.
Would you care to address the elephant in the room and tell us what happened?
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See the writing on the wall
See the writing on the wall
Be aware that something bad will probably happen soon
Example
He saw the writing on the wall and distanced himself from him.
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Guff
Guff
Nonsense, humbug
Example
It was all guff, hypocrisy and blather.
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The bottom of the barrel
The bottom of the barrel
The very last or least desirable of something.
Example
Unfortunately, a few colleges and universities professors are the bottom of the skill barrel as well in terms of real world experience in business. The saying is still true. “If you can’t do it, teach it!”.
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Swampy
Swampy
Resembling swamps, Swamped, busy, plentiful
Examples
These picks are getting swampier…..
These picks keep getting swampier and swampier.
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Rehash
Rehash
Something that is very similar to the previous one
Examples
His new book is just a rehash of his previous one.
It seemed like a rehash of ‘woke’ themes that have dominated the discourse for the last decade, which are increasingly out of fashion.
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Damp squid
Damp squid
A situation or event which is much less impressive than expected
Example
What should have been a punchy launch of its new production turned instead into an embarrassing damp squib.
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Drivel
Drivel
Childish, silly, or meaningless talk or thinking; nonsense; twaddle
Examples
Yet again, his answer is full of drivel.
It’s clearly not drivel — as the poll, the campaigns, the fundraising all show.
But some of the books I got were pure academic drivel, totally useless, that gave me no guidance or comfort.
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