sausage making
"Sausage making" refers to both the literal process of producing sausages and a metaphorical expression about the often messy and unpleasant processes behind creating policies or systems.
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Definition
B2Culinary
(technical)The process of grinding meat, mixing it with spices and other ingredients, and encasing it in a skin.
Example
- The chef demonstrated the traditional method of sausage making.
C1Politics
(idiom, informal)A metaphor for the complex, messy, and often unappealing process involved in creating laws or policies.
Example
- You don't want to know about the sausage making that went into passing that bill.
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