guiding light

guiding light
   British
   an unachievable aspiration to prevent pay rises
   Also known as guidelines, one of the euphemisms used by government seeking in a market economy to discourage wage increases through exhortation:
    ... the Government expected that a 2.5 per cent 'guiding light' would be observed. (Crossman, 1981, referring to a White Paper issued in February 1962: time would have been better spent on studying the experiences of King Canute)
   See also pause2 and restraint1.

How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. . 2014.

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