

Methods sections are limited in word count, and if a lab is hoping to get a few more papers out of a paradigm, they may be intentionally terse. There’s a big difference between how we write protocols in-house and how we write limited-length methods sections.
Feed two birds with one scone
I don’t have a good alternate for the guinea pig that has the same meaning
Feed a fed horse
Bring home the daikon
Move the thicket by the thorns