Idiom

To explain a multi-step process in detail from start to finish to preempt confusion.

This phrase makes reference to the evolution of the modern species of whale from a contemporary cousin of a terrestrial "wolf-like" mammal called Pakicetus of the Eocene Era. While ALL life living on dry land came originally from the water, a small number of earlier species went from water to land BACK to water; BAM, wolf to whales
Boss: "John, why don't you take us from wolf to whales on your new project?"

John: "Be happy to boss. I wouldn't want anyone to be confused!"
by RAM388 April 18, 2018
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