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blow the whistle	To disclose information to the public or to appropriate authorities concerning the illegal or socially harmful actions of a person or group, especially a corporation or government agency.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
brass monkey	An Australian beer.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
company	In legal context, an entity that manufactures or sells products , or provides services as a commercial venture. A corporation.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
cook the books	To manipulate accounting information, esp. illegally, by a corporation.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
corporate welfare bum	A business corporation or business executive receiving significant financial assistance from government sources.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
corporation pop	Water.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
edit out	To remove before publication or broadcasting.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
fair-haired boy	Someone's favourite, especially a young one, a blue-eyed boy (British), (Australian)	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
i bags first go	Australian children's expression of reserving the right to something	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
on the air	broadcasting usually over radio waves or on live television	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
phone in	To make a telephone call to a broadcasting station, especially to participate in a program being aired.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
sign off	Term used to describe the closing of a radio or television station's studios and cessation of a broadcasting signal, usually during the overnight hours.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
sign on	The time of day when a radio or television station begins broadcasting, usually after being off the air for several hours.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick	Try the same thing (or similar things) often enough, and, even if the general standard is poor, sometimes one will be successful.2001, And still no one is shouting stop. read in The Kingdom archives at on 02 Nov 06,Many team managers are of the philosophy that if you throw enough mud at the wall some of it will stick. They believe that team preparation is all about physical fitness. They run the players into the ground and they believe they will be "flying on the day".2001, Robert McCrum, Let them eat cake, in The Observer 16 Dec 01, read on Guardian Unlimited site at on 02 Nov 06,Australian publishing boomed and in the past 10 years the country's literary culture has undergone a mini golden age, capped by Carey's triumph at the 2001 Booker Prize. As one Australian arts administrator said to me many years ago: 'Listen, mate, if you throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick.'2001, Chris Collin, Re: 2-cp speys on The Strathspey Server mailing list archive at on 02 Nov 06,I am finding that "if you throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick". It doesn't always work of course (especially on the nights when the class is mostly the beginners), but the class seems to thrive on the challange.2005, Ray Craft (poster on The right scale blog), Fitzhooie and his Burden, read at on 02 Nov 06,Prosecutors everywhere have bad habits of overcharging lots of cases, knowing that if the throw enough mud at the wall some of it will stick.2005, Sean Kelleher, Spike Milligan: His part in our downfall in Business 07 Aug 05, read at on 02 Nov 06,As long as there is negligible regulation and enforcement anyone can actually try and do the job...Weak regulation allows the industry to build strategies on full time recruitment. The theory goes: throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick.c2005, Everything You've Learned About Marketing Is Wrong, read on LINC Performance website at on 02 Nov 06,They have the money to continue to believe in the repetition side of the equation. You throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick. But it still isn	Rate it: (3.00 / 4 votes)