War chest?

Toast of the town?

Flip the script?

Peer review

Sacrificial lamb

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In the doghouse?

Gold dust

Zero-hour contract

Sisyphean task

Old saw?

Theater of the absurd?

Close to the bone

Tall poppy

Dog whistle politics

We just got our head handed to us

High wire act

Gaming the system

Team player?

Coming home to roost?

Rule of thumb?

What is an entrenched issue?

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Hit the hay?

Right side of history?

In the cross hairs?

Con artist?

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Read the tea leaf?

Social fabric?