This phrase is derived from the following joke:
Two lions escape from the zoo and split up to increase
their chances of survival. They meet again after two
months and find that one of them is skinny and the
other is overweight. The thin one says:
"How did you manage? I ate a human just once and
they turned out a small army to chase me guns,
nets, it was terrible. Since then I've been
reduced to eating mice, insects, even grass."
The fat one replies:
"Well, I hid near an IBM office and ate a manager a
day. And nobody even noticed!"