standing joke

A standing joke between us is Gail saying, “And there’s another problem.”

That deal brought to the C-suite the acquired company’s top management and its cost-cutting culture; in the Boeing corridors, the standing joke was that “McDonnell Douglas bought Boeing with Boeing’s money.”

In the Boeing corridors, the standing joke was that “McDonnell Douglas bought Boeing with Boeing’s money.”

"It is a sort of standing joke with Leeds fans that we always get two cup ties a season - one in the League Cup, and one in the FA Cup - before we get knocked out," Rix explained.

“Comstockery is the world’s standing joke at the expense of the United States,” Shaw commented.