Idiom
food chain
Meaning
A hierarchy.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He is at the bottom of the office food chain.”
“After years of hard work, she finally moved up the food chain to a management position.”
“The ambitious intern realized that to succeed in this competitive firm, he had to navigate the complex food chain of corporate politics.”
Examples
simple
“He is at the bottom of the office food chain.”
contextual
“After years of hard work, she finally moved up the food chain to a management position.”
complex
“The ambitious intern realized that to succeed in this competitive firm, he had to navigate the complex food chain of corporate politics.”
Origin
From food + chain.
Key words
Related idioms
- Updated