English with an American Corporate Accent - 035

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.

* You can view that as a fork-lift upgrade. [You can view that as a heavy duty jumbo upgrade.]
* That performance number 540 is our baseline.  Anything beyond that is gravy to us. [That  performance number 540 is our baseline.  Anything beyond that is an extra bonus for us.]
* Any new bug report on the bubble here? [Any new bug report on the horizon here?]
* Rob can help out in a pinch here. [Rob can help out at a moment's notice here.]
* His father passed away last week.  He is pretty wrapped up now. [His father passed away last week.  He is pretty much emotionally occupied now.]
* Johnson seems to poopoo our suggestion.  He is not answering my calls. [Johnson seems to dismiss our suggestion.  He is not answering my calls.]
* That's a big hammer to resolve this simple problem. [There should be an easy way to resolve this simple problem.]
* We have not much left to do here.  Let's power through it. [We don't have much left to do here. Let's work extra hard to get through it.]
* I suspect that it's fait accompli. [I suspect that is an established fact now.]
* What happened was that Joe got wind that this feature was coming soon, and he turned around and sold it to the customers. [What happened was that Joe overheard that this feature was coming soon, and he turned around and sold it to the customers.]
* That is not the way we used to do software integration, but we aren't in Kansas anymore. [That is not the way we used to do software integration, but we aren't in that old world anymore.]
* Jerry felt that we are floundering in this project.  We need to do something to move it forward. [Jerry felt that we are struggling in this project.  We need to do something to move it forward.]
* It is not a moonshot.  There is something meaningful we can try. [It still has hope.  There is something meaningful we can try.]
* If you want to resurrect that project,  we better get buy-in from John. [If you want to restart that project, we better get agreement from John.]