Lion food refers to anyone in middle management or a similar administrative¹ position.

Lion food（狮子食）指中层管理岗或者类似级别行政职位的人。

 

为什么要用lion food来指代中层管理人员呢？据说这背后有个小故事。

 

Two lions escape from the zoo and split² up to increase their chances of survival³. They meet again after two months and find that one of them is skinny and the other is overweight. The thin one says: 

两只狮子从动物园逃出来以后就分头行动，以增加存活的几率。两个月之后，两只狮子再次碰面，一只骨瘦如柴，另一只却明显超重。瘦的那只狮子就说：

 

"How did you manage? I ate a human just once and they turned out a small army to chase⁴ me -- guns, nets, it was terrible. Since then I've been reduced to eating mice, insects, even grass."

“你是怎么做到的？我就吃了一个人，然后他们就组织一小撮人追捕我，又是枪，又是网的，吓死我了。之后，我只能吃老鼠、昆虫之类的了，有时甚至只能吃草。”

 

The fat one replies: "Well, I hid near an IBM office and ate a manager a day. And nobody even noticed!"

胖狮子回答说：“那个，我是藏在IBM办公室附近了，然后每天吃掉一个经理。结果竟然没人发现！

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