fall on a grenade
verb- Another longtime Gore adviser says: "Nobody would fall on a grenade for him. People respect him but don't love him. He just doesn't inspire that kind of loyalty."2000, U.S. News & World Report, volume 129, numbers 1-8, page 99:
- It is unrealistic in most project settings to expect a team member to “fall on a grenade” to sacrifice his life for the sake of his teammates.2007, George Pitagorsky, The Zen Approach to Project Management:
- Related terms
- fall on one's sword, take one for the team