English Dictionary

greasy pole

noun

A sporting event that involves staying on, climbing up, walking over or otherwise traversing a pole that has been made slippery. / The slippery pole used in the event.

He slipped and fell off the greasy pole during the competition.

意味（1）

A sporting event that involves staying on, climbing up, walking over or otherwise traversing a pole that has been made slippery.

意味（2）

The slippery pole used in the event.

He advertised about the town, in long posters of a pink colour, that games of all sorts would take place here; and set to work a little battalion of men under his own eye. They erected greasy-poles for climbing, with smoked hams and local cheeses at the top.

意味（3）

(figuratively) The work and scheming that leads to the position of prime minister or other leadership position.

I have climbed to the top of the greasy pole.