the greasy pole

(British & Australian)

the attempt to improve your position at work His ascent up the greasy pole of academic advancement was remarkably quick.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mya	MIE-ə	English (Modern)
Chike	-	Western African, Igbo
Baudouin	-	French
Valdemar	VAHL-de-mahr (Finnish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
Leonard	LEN-ərd (English), LAY-o-nahrt (Dutch)	English, Dutch, German, Ancient Germanic
Nikita (2)	-	Indian, Marathi, Hindi