Metaphors and Similes and Such

   Sunday morning, 2 different current events interview  shows, 2 new expressions, new to me anyway.  The interviewer, leading up to a question,  says to the politician, "Well, after you've potted those plants, what is your strategy about.....?"   Less than a half hour later, another interviewer, addressing what he evidently regards as a minor  issue, says to the interviewee, "That's like the broccoli on the news plate." Must be they're focusing on the agricultural aspect, rather clumsily I would say.