There's more to this than meets the eye
The elephant in the
room
We should have discussed our pending litigation, but no one wanted to talk about the elephant in the room.
Not going to fly
This product is definitely not going to fly.
Ballpark number/figure
To give you a ballpark figure, how much the border wall to Mexico is going to cost, I’d say about 30 million dollars.
Get something off the ground
Now that we have finished the planning phase, we’re eager the get the project off the ground.
Shoot something down
You shouldn’t shoot down your co-workers ideas during a brainstorming session.