(1). To take extraordinary measures to secure a prospective client. “Pulling out all the stops” often includes fee concessions, though broker commissions are rarely part of the concession.
Pull Out All The Stops
RANDOM LINGO
Golden Shackles
(1). When your company gives you just enough money to make you think twice about leaving. Most situations involve some kind of deferred compensation that never seems to vest.
“God, I hate this place! But what am I going to do? They put the golden shackles on me again this year and I don’t see anyone matching it anywhere else…”
Kick The Can Down The Road
(1). What Congress does … all the time.
“Sure we avoided the fiscal cliff today, but all we’ve really done is kick the can down the road…thank god I’ll be long dead before any of this really matters!”