Stop on a dime?

Rule of thumb?

Pants are on fire

Right side of history?

Tip of the iceberg?

Hit the hay?

Soul searching

In the cross hairs?

Dog whistle politics

Stopped in her tracks?

Herculean proportions?

Close to the bone

Gaming the system

Political mumbo-jumbo

Zero-hour contract

Con artist?

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Swan song?

In the doghouse?

Going back to the drawing board?

We just got our head handed to us

Peer review

Children are not cookie cutters

Old saw?

High wire act

Theater of the absurd?

At the water’s edge?

Earn your keep?

Is Donald Trump a choke artist?

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