[sit on a bomb] or [bombshell] {v. phr.}, {informal} To be in possession of anything that is potentially disastrous or dangerous. * /The finance department will be sitting on a […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

cop out

[cop out] {v. phr.}, {slang}, {informal} To avoid committing oneself in a situation where doing so would result in difficulties. * /Nixon copped out on the American people with Watergate./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

bomb

[bomb] {n.} A large sum of money as in 'to make a bomb'. Also 'to go like a bomb' meaning to travel at high speed. British slang (Wikipedia)

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Duncan Spaeth, Princeton professor

I know why the sun never sets on the British Empire: God wouldn't trust an Englishman in the dark.

come to the point

[come to the point] or [get to the point] {v. phr.} To talk about the important thing; reach the important facts of the […]

strike one funny

[strike one funny] {v. phr.} To appear or seem laughable, curious, ironic, or entertaining. * /"It strikes me funny," he […]

P.J. O'Rourke

(1947--) U.S. humorist Never wear anything that panics the cat.

Adminisphere

[Adminisphere] The rarified organizational layers above the rank and file that makes decisions that are often profoundly […]

around the clock

[around the clock] also [the clock around] {adv. phr.} For 24 hours a day continuously all day and all night. * /The factory […]

wear thin

[wear thin] {v.} 1. To become thin from use, wearing, or the passing of time. * /My old pair of pants has worn thin at the […]