agenda

On the table.

This idiom or expression means:

On the agenda.
Available options.
Available for discussion.

“What’s on the table?” could mean any of the following:

What do you want?
What are you selling?
What are you offering?
What are your conditions?
What options, or choices, do we have?

A. Are we going on a trip or not?
B. I didn’t know that was on the table!!

Have an agenda.

This idiom or expression means:

Having something other than the obvious in mind.
Doing things for reasons other than what is announced.

A. I don’t know why Fred is suddenly interested in helping the poor!
B. He has a personal agenda. It’s not as if he is suddenly a different man!

Also see:
Have an axe to grind.

On the menu.

This idiom or expression means:

On the agenda.
Available options.
The things to talk about or make decisions about.

When someone says “That wasn’t on the menu,” they mean something like “I didn’t know that. I didn’t agree to that.”

When someone says “What’s on the menu,” they mean something like “What are we going to talk about?”

Have an axe to grind.

This idiom or expression can have the following meanings:

Have a grudge:
He has an axe to grind with his ex wife.

Have a personal or hidden reason:
If he’s offering to help you with your situation for no apparent reason, he must have an axe to grind.

Also see:
Have an agenda.

First order of business.

This idiom or expression means:

The first thing we need to do.
The first thing on the agenda.
The first thing we need to deal with.

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