English with an American Corporate Accent - 027

This is another collection from recent meetings and trips. It works best if you can find a native English speaker with exposure to corporate America to elaborate on the finer points that I cannot cover well here.

* Nothing about the device is a given.  We basically have to blackbox the device. [Nothing about the device is a given.  We basically have to treat the device as a black box.]
* The data is mind-boggling. [The data is difficult to analyze.]
* You'll never know where is the next kink of the hose. [You'll never know where is the next issue what would pop up.]
* There are many issues to use that, choose your poison. [There are many issues to use that, make your choice and be ready for a surprise.]
* Flash drive is not a stateless device.  It depends on what have run before. [Flash drive device remembers things.  It depends on what have run before.]
* They have no clues. I have to give the state of the union. [They have no clues.  I have to give an overview.]
* They are all resolved under the hood. [They are all resolved without our knowledge.]
* That is a staged approach. [That is an approach with several stages in the process.]
* You don't want to be penned in a corner. [They don't want to be stuck in a corner.]
* We have a litany of commands invented to help with this new design. [We have a collection of commands invented to help with this new design.]
* You can get a lot of mileage out of this. [You can get a lot of good use out of this.]
* It is the vagary of the firmware that puzzles us all. [It is that unpredictable behavior of the firmware that puzzles us all.]
* Let's do that now in case the problem goes awry. [Let's do that now in case the problem goes wrong.]