That is because the phrase is typically given in response to the self-proclaimed "big-idea business guy" who is pitching his idea to somebody that he expects to

That is because the phrase is typically given in response to the self-proclaimed "big-idea business guy" who is pitching his idea to somebody that he expects to 1) implement it, 2) grovel at his feet for being given the great opportunity of implementing it. Not terribly applicable here... but at the same time not terribly irrelevant here either.