| Team player | Elephant in the room | Market leader | Talk shop | State of the art |
| wake-up call | Whole nine yards | All over the map | Absolutely | Get everybody on the same page |
| Hit pay dirt | Sweeten the pot | CLICHE BINGO (free square) | Quantum shift | Firing on all cylinders |
| Stop and refocus | Maximize profits | Let the chips fall where they may | Circle the wagons | The cutting edge |
| high-res thinking | Get the ball rolling | Wipe the slate clean | Find our niche market | Lead the field |