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''You’re always a day away.'' <br> | ''You’re always a day away.'' <br> | ||
:— “Tomorrow”, from ''Annie'' (1977)}} | :— “Tomorrow”, from ''Annie'' (1977)}} | ||
{{d|When budget allows|/wɛn ˈbʌʤɪt əˈlaʊz/|adv. clause|}} | |||
1. (Management): Never. (see also, ''later''. ''Domani''. ''Mañana''; ''when the lion lies down with the lamb''; ''when monkeys fly out of my butt''. | |||
“When budget allows” is a [[hypothetical]] time in the future that, like Little Orphan Annie’s ''Tomorrow'', is always there, dangling tantalisingly before us, as each day turns, getting no nearer. It is a sunlit dream-time in which there ''will'' be budget to hook up that feed, build out that [[API]] or invest in that show-stopping [[legaltech]], for which there is no budget ''now''. | “When budget allows” is a [[hypothetical]] time in the future that, like Little Orphan Annie’s ''Tomorrow'', is always there, dangling tantalisingly before us, as each day turns, getting no nearer. It is a sunlit dream-time in which there ''will'' be budget to hook up that feed, build out that [[API]] or invest in that show-stopping [[legaltech]], for which there is no budget ''now''. | ||