Let me run this up the ladder

This was a response to a suggestion given in an email. It is a mashup of “run this up the flagpole” (to present an idea to supervisors or stakeholders to get their reaction) and “climb (up) the (corporate) ladder” (advance one’s career through hard work). My guess is that the mixup occurred with the word “run” as it may have prompted the mind to think of “rung” and hence the word “ladder” for “flagpole”. A big shout out to Susan Edwards for spotting this one and sending it in.