to extract the utmost information or productivity from a particular analysis or person, as in “We haven’t found any deep insights in this click data report, let’s squeeze the lemon and see if we can find out what’s driving the recent traffic changes”; similar to obtaining the last amount of liquid from the referenced citrus fruit once the easily accessible pulp has been juiced, this phrase recognizes that effort required to generate a desired result can increase progressively, but considers this continued work desirable; compare with low-hanging fruit, which is easy to obtain, and boil the ocean or mouse milking, used to indicate when additional efforts would be unfocused or unhelpful