As you rewrite these sentences, replace the cliches and buzzwords with plain language (if you don't recognize any of these terms, you can find definitions online):
a. Being a jack-of-all-trades, Dave worked well in his new general manager job.
b. Moving Leslie into the accounting department, where she was literally a fish out of water was like putting a square peg into a round hole, if you get my drift.
c. My only take away from the offsite was that Laird threw his entire department under the bus for missing the deadline.
d. I'd love to help with that project, but I'm bandwidth-constrained.
e. The board green-lighted our initiative to repurpose our consumer products for the commercial space.