Economic metaphors/figures of speech

Amygdala

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Most of us are familiar with certain economic metaphors/figures of speech such as "a rental property washing its face". However, I have recently come across the expression "to lift its skirt" see here. "....Following a lengthy roadshow, which saw New Generation lift its skirts for 27 potential investors...."

I am not a prude nor the most politically correct person, however I find this expression unsettling and reminds me of Trumps "locker room boy talk", except that it is used flippantly in a national "broadsheet". Rant over.
 
A phrase originating from a woman showing her ankle in order to show a man she was interested in him. It's hardly Trump territory.
 
A phrase originating from a woman showing her ankle in order to show a man she was interested in him. It's hardly Trump territory.

Thanks for the info....and there was I thinking about that scene from The Crying Game!!
 
Thanks for the clarification. I was thinking of something else....I better not participate in any Rorschach Inkblot tests ;)
 
This thread has brought back a distant memory when one freezing morning I walked into my lowly public service job and said it was a "Brass Monkeys" day on which a column of the PS (real name Colm) took offence and had me marched to my paragon-of-virtue line manager who proceeded to leave me for dead. When I explained to her what a brass monkey is, it just got worse i.e. the false perception of what I said rather than the fact.
We get it on these fora from time to time too.
 
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