But he was always too busy climbing the greasy pole of success.

It can take 20 years or more to claw one's way up the greasy pole of the Government.

Jodie had stayed in the city, working her way up the greasy pole.

They were grateful for our skills when we pushed them up the greasy pole.

The greasy pole of politics can be a faster climb these days.

Seriously though, we are neither of us after climbing the greasy pole, have done that and didn't particularly like the view.

People were bowling for pigs and fighting on the greasy pole.

Both men were at the absolute top of their respective greasy poles.

I have climbed to the top of the greasy pole!

Our opponents think politics is a game with few if any rules, a scramble to the top of a greasy pole.