扒一扒英语中箴言的内涵

Spitball some ideas?

Stopped in her tracks?

Local democracy bites the dust

Object lesson?

Tall poppy

Peer review

Con artist?

Pants are on fire

Read the tea leaf?

Team player?

High wire act

Rule of thumb?

We just got our head handed to us

Toast of the town?

Dog whistle politics

Two minds?

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Old saw?

Both sides of the aisle?

Close to the bone

In the nosebleeds

Moments that take our breath away

Donald Trump is “a…birther and bully”

Soul searching

Gold dust

Gaming the system

What is an entrenched issue?

Flip the script?

Hit the hay?