English with an American Corporate Accent - 036

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.

* I took the liberty of logging on to your system to make sure my recommendations work. [Without your consent, I logged on to your system to make sure my recommendations work.]
* This is a great opportunity for Bob to get some air time with John. [This is a great opportunity for Bob to get some exposure with John.]
* When I looked at the actual signature of the problem, I suspected that this is a duplicate of a problem found by Mary last week. [When I looked at the actual evidence of the problem, I suspected that this is a duplicate of a problem found by Mary last week.]
* Using that syntax inside the kernel code is too heavy handed. [Using that syntax inside the kernel code is too complicated and unnecessary.]
* That would be out of the purview of most system administrators. [That would be beyond the scope of interest for most system administrators.]

* That type of analysis holds no water. [That type of analysis has no credibility.]
* Early adopters and visionaries will benefit from this. [Early users will benefit from this.]
* We have crossed the adoption chasm for this technology. [We have crossed the adoption threshold for this technology.]
* This chart is a bit of eye sore, I'll walk through it. [This chart is a bit of challenge to read. I'll go through it.]
* That is the holy grail if you can become a data-driven company. [That is the ultimate ideal if you can become a data-driven company.]

* It is a bit of a crap shoot since the client software has no idea how long it will have to wait for. [It is a bit of guess work since the client software has no idea how long it will have to wait for.]
* Once we get the system events defined, the rest of the implementation is a cookie cutter job. [Once we get the system events defined, the rest of the implementation is a straightforward job.]
* Don't mention those two use cases, they sound so icky. [Don't mention those two use cases, they sound so awful.]
* Why do we spend time horsing around this? [Why do we spend time playing with this?]
* We have to pick our poison, either to optimize one or the other, but not both. [We have to make a hard choice, either to optimize one or the other, but not both.]