Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
(at your) trenchant wisdom
English answer:
vigorously effective and articulate
Added to glossary by
Hakki Ucar
Feb 28, 2007 13:35
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(at your) trenchant wisdom
English
Marketing
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Nervous as a schoolkid before his first spelling bee, you bark out your best pitch. Silence. In these awkward seconds of quiet, you're left only to imagine what's happening on the other end: Furrowed brows? Turned-up noses? Or heads nodding at your trenchant wisdom?
I am not sure about "at your trenchant wisdom" ?
Also just for sure that " you bark out your best pitch" means cry out for a triumph at your best sale talks ??
Thanks in advance
I am not sure about "at your trenchant wisdom" ?
Also just for sure that " you bark out your best pitch" means cry out for a triumph at your best sale talks ??
Thanks in advance
Responses
| 4 +6 | vigorously effective and articulate |
Robert Fox
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| 3 | incisive wisdom |
Ken Cox
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Change log
Aug 5, 2007 12:00: Hakki Ucar changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/102297">Robert Fox's</a> old entry - "(at your) trenchant wisdom"" to ""vigorously effective and articulate ""
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vigorously effective and articulate
I think this is the best meaning of trenchant in this context. 'To bark out your best sales pitch' means to give your best sales presentation/talk but in a not too relaxed manner - perhaps in short sharp phrases like a dog barking - because of your nervousness
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Note added at 19 hrs (2007-03-01 08:47:19 GMT)
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Note to asker: I agree with Ken Cox that this is probably intended to be slightly humorous. It doesn't mean the speaker is wise like a prophet. You could perhaps say the heads are nodding because they are impressed by what (they think) the speaker knows about his product, and the clear and effective way he describes it. Humorous because it not really likely to be clear and effective if the speaker is nervous. However, because they cannot see one another, the short sharp phrases may be (mis)understood by the listener as being spoken by someone who is virorous, competent and effective. Shows how important 'body language' is! Hope this helps.
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Note added at 19 hrs (2007-03-01 08:48:33 GMT)
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sorry, that should be 'vigorous' not 'virorous'
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Note added at 19 hrs (2007-03-01 08:47:19 GMT)
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Note to asker: I agree with Ken Cox that this is probably intended to be slightly humorous. It doesn't mean the speaker is wise like a prophet. You could perhaps say the heads are nodding because they are impressed by what (they think) the speaker knows about his product, and the clear and effective way he describes it. Humorous because it not really likely to be clear and effective if the speaker is nervous. However, because they cannot see one another, the short sharp phrases may be (mis)understood by the listener as being spoken by someone who is virorous, competent and effective. Shows how important 'body language' is! Hope this helps.
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Note added at 19 hrs (2007-03-01 08:48:33 GMT)
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sorry, that should be 'vigorous' not 'virorous'
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Jack Doughty
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Vicky Papaprodromou
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kmtext
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incisive wisdom
in this context -- i.e. so stunningly intelligent and articulate that one can only nod in response
This must be telephone sales, and at least part of the reaspon the person in question doesn't know how to interpret the silence is that he or she can't see the other party.
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Note added at 3 hrs (2007-02-28 17:12:18 GMT)
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Incidentally, the intention here is probably at least mildly humorous. There's not much trenchant wisdom to be found in most sales pitches.
This must be telephone sales, and at least part of the reaspon the person in question doesn't know how to interpret the silence is that he or she can't see the other party.
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Note added at 3 hrs (2007-02-28 17:12:18 GMT)
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Incidentally, the intention here is probably at least mildly humorous. There's not much trenchant wisdom to be found in most sales pitches.
Note from asker:
| Thank you very much Ken for make me clearer. I got the humorous point now. |
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