It's a fancy way of saying if you have 4 fingers on your right hand and 5 on your left, you can cut off a left - hand finger for more balance. (mechanics.stackexchange.com)
So instead of saying what we really think, we sometimes tend to find excuses. (carmitive.com)
Players win games, he's fond of saying, and the best thing a manager can do is get out of the way. (canadianbusiness.com)