‘ticking up’ – going up a lot quicker than it ought to be but the speaker is trying to make it sound small and temporary – usually of something that we want to decline, described by a government minister
‘ramping up’ – going up a lot slower than it ought to be but the speaker is trying to make it sound large and impressive – usually of something that we want to increase, described by a government minister
Ralph Underhilll is away, but here are two cartoons from the spring;
