An action or belief espoused by someone that aligns with the value system of the person. Often applies to well known people such as celebrities and politicians.
Like the more well-known saying, "to be on the bandwagon", but it is used when one likes a band before they become cool.
Steve: "I see a lot of little kids like Green Day these days."
Mark: "Yeah, they're all jumping on the Green Day bandwagon now. But us two, we were on the band shortbus. We got "39/Smooth" when it first came out."
1) To apply extremely limited resources to resolve massive problems. 2) To try to fix an extremely large problem, usually caused by some idiot (ie. your boss) that you are expected to pull some fairy dust out of your ass to fix.
Eric: What's going on man?
Bryan: Cleaning up this mess Antonia made.
Eric: Nothing you can't handle.
Bryan: Hardly. I will be putting bandaids on bullet wounds trying to keep this shit from going South.