Phrase of the Day (use every trick in the book)-20SEP24

Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “use every trick in the book“ and it is a phrase meaning “to do everything possible in order to achieve something”.

Example Sentence: We suspect that with every newly appointed joint secretary, these files go through with repeated consultations with stakeholders in the pharmaceutical industry. In each of these consultations, the trade associations of pharmacies and pharmaceutical companies use every trick in the book to stall the necessary action and the bureaucracy uses a familiar playbook of repeat consultations to stall concrete action. We doubt that the loop will be broken without the direct intervention of the Prime Minister’s Office.