Meaning:
Lit. “to get a kick upward” means to get promoted at a company. Sometimes, meant ironically, this might mean the person in question now sits in a higher tier but practically has less political power in the organisation.
Lit. “to get a kick upward” means to get promoted at a company. Sometimes, meant ironically, this might mean the person in question now sits in a higher tier but practically has less political power in the organisation.
Lit. “welded to the chair” – about a person only interested in keeping their high post at an organisation and the privileges related to that. Such a person spends long years holding such a position but not delivering any value to the company/government institution.
Lit. “to turn (someone’s) brain into water”. A popular way to say that one person manipulates or lies to another in order to influence his/her opinion and benefit from their wrong decision. Often referred to business practices but also deceit in relationships.
Lit. “To have (something) behind (one’s) ears”. A way to say that a person is not altogether innocent, that he/she is guilty of something and does not want this information to become publicly know.
Lit. “an election sausage” is a promise by a politician or a party running election campaign, that they don’t intend to fulfil and/or that most people don’t take seriously. While there might be some other points in their programme the general public deems more realistic, those specific ones are clearly there just to make the potential future brighter and will start fading away once the votes are counted.