Do you think that, if this thing fell off the back of your truck (the pallet it was on fell off too, and it is about 15 feet away), you would know it? How could you NOT KNOW this thing fell off the back of your truck? This thing was laying in the middle of the road the other day. I stopped to take a picture, and another guy stopped to try to get it out of the middle of the road. The two of us together could not move this thin even one inch. I have no idea how much it might weigh, but it was a lot. Finally, the other guy hooked the thing to the trailer hitch of his truck and dragged it off to the side of the road. It was mysteriously gone when I passed by there the next day, so I assume it went back to the people that lost it. Interesting...Golden Handcuffs -- Noun. special benefits offered to an employee as an inducement to continue service. It was in the company's best interests to offer Janice golden handcuffs in the form of more company stock, since her connections and knowledge of industry secrets would not be easy to replace.
Did You Know? Well, this is not as exciting as I imagined. Chances are you've heard of a golden handshake, which is a particularly tempting severance agreement offered to an employee in an effort to induce the person to retire early. People started getting golden handshakes (by that name) around 1960; by 1976, English speakers had also coined the accompanying golden handcuffs to describe a situation in which someone is offered a special inducement to stay. The expression turns up often in quasi-literal uses, such as "slapped golden handcuffs on" or "a shiny new set of golden handcuffs."
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