Above board: 1. Correct, proper or legal. 2. This is a bit dodgy but we need to create the semblance of being whiter than white otherwise we’ll be fired; barely legal; just about okay; marginal. (see Cook the books; Fiscal juggling)
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Above and beyond:
Above and beyond: 1. More than was originally asked for. 2. Totally unnecessary over-delivery fuelled by rampant ambition and sucking up to the boss – guaranteed to annoy all colleagues; plaintive mantra of Terylene-wearing Sales Directors from Land’s End to John o’ Groats, as in “Come on guys, we need to go above and beyond in this sales period!” (see Quarter, one, two, three, four; Team, take one for the)
A-Z:
A-Z: 1. Fully comprehensive; covering absolutely everything. 2. We can’t decide which bit to concentrate on, so we’re asking you to do everything before we decide; not comprehensive at all, but claiming to be so for marketing purposes; starting at A, but petering out horribly after E and F. (see Chapter and verse; Full Monty, the; Zee, we’ve covered everything from A to)
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ABC session:
ABC session: 1. Meeting in which all staff are graded in their absence. 2. Management immediately uses findings of said session to instigate a ruthless cull; superb opportunity to display flagrant nepotism and favouritism. (see Axe, face the; Destaff; Headcount: LIFO; Phone list, go down the; Powwow)
ABC, easy as:
ABC, easy as: 1. A complete doddle; something you could do in kindergarten. 2. A task only suitable for total idiots, which probably says more about the person being asked to do the job than they would care to admit; piss-easy; pride before a fall, as in “This is easy as ABC Derek”, shortly before realizing that it is in truth quite complicated. (see Art form, got it down to an; Cooking on gas; Falling off a log).