A
phrase used to imply that the
speaker is
powerful and
influential enough to
blackball someone from gaining any
employment in a specific
town or
city. Often said by
Hollywood studio executives (and
wannabe execs) and by
wealthy small-town businessmen and
politicians to
employees,
flunkies, and/or "
little people" who
offend the speaker in some manner, often by refusing to get them
coffee, refusing to
bow and scrape, or telling them they're not as
smart as they think they are. This phrase is nearly always
incorrect, because the speaker rarely has enough
power and
influence to
scare off all possible
employers.