Translations for „greasy pole“ in the English » Slovenian Dictionary

greasy ˈpole N fig

greasy pole

vzpon na (zahtevni) karierni lestvici

to climb the greasy pole

[s težavo] se prebijati do kariernega cilja

Usage examples with greasy pole

to climb the greasy pole

[s težavo] se prebijati do kariernega cilja

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English

A lot of politicians seem to spend every waking hour conniving how to climb the greasy pole.

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It's like, everyone's beautiful and climbing some greasy pole.

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They aren't entrepreneurs; they are professional managers who owe their positions to climbing the greasy pole.

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When eventually he began climbing the greasy pole, others of his generation had forged ahead.

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Whether you are a physical acrobat or climbing the greasy pole of arts management, you need much the same techniques.

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Smart, pitiless, cynical and (finally) self-hating opportunists driven by some real or imaginary grievance still clamber up the tottering greasy pole.

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The "cucaa" is a popular competition during this celebration: people try to take a prize from the top of a greasy pole over the river.

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Refreshingly, he lacked the necessary cynicism and self-absorption to cling to the greasy pole of patronage and progress.

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He knows that if he is to ascend life's greasy pole, it is not going to be because he hits the hardest.

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Here the greasy pole is horizontal over the sea and competitors walk along it, the one who walks the furthest before falling into the sea is the winner.

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