sliding down a grease pole

[vil]

Dear teachers,

Would you be kind enough to tell me whether I am really a regular diehard (Puritan) because I am slow in the uptake of the usage of phrase in bold in the following sentence?

The pound is sliding down a grease pole.

Would you said that the expression “fall down with a crash” isn’t so expressive as the mentioned above barbarian and uncouth one?

That’s strange!

Thanks for your efforts.

Regards,

V.

[emsr2d2]

Dear teachers,

Would you be kind enough to tell me whether I am really a regular diehard (Puritan) because I am slow in the uptake of the usage of phrase in bold in the following sentence?

The pound is sliding down a grease pole.

Would you said that the expression “fall down with a crash” isn’t so expressive as the mentioned above barbarian and uncouth one?

That’s strange!

Thanks for your efforts.

Regards,

V.

Personally, I don't think it's barbarian or uncouth! I rather like it. It's very evocative - one can't help but actually picture something actually sliding very quickly down a metal pole that's been covered in butter or grease. I think it's quite funny.

It does mean that something is falling very fast.

I would suggest that the correct version should be either "greasy" or "greased" pole, as "grease" is not an adjective.