“Boil the ocean” means to take on an impossible task or to make a task unnecessarily difficult.
The phrase is used in various settings as a negative comment about how a person conducts business or projects.
The phrase comes from the literal idea of boiling the ocean, which is an impossible task.
In order not to boil the ocean, tasks and projects should have clear targets within the resources provided, frequent discussions of progress and measures against unnecessary expansion.
Force majeure - a clause that is included in contracts to remove liability for unforeseen and inevitable disasters that violate the expected course of events and prevent the participants from fulfilling their obligations.
Garden leave is a transitional period for employees who give or receive notice of termination, leaving them on the payroll but away from the workplace.
Bargaining means to negotiate the price of a good or service until a mutually agreed price is determined.
Bargaining is a method in which two or more parties make consecutive offers and counter offers until an agreement is reached.