Local democracy bites the dust

Tall poppy

Zero-hour contract

Both sides of the aisle?

On a wing and a prayer

扒一扒英语中箴言的内涵

Stop on a dime?

Spitball some ideas?

Gaming the system

Old saw?

Team player?

Close to the bone

Stopped in her tracks?

In the cross hairs?

Moments that take our breath away

Two minds?

Social fabric?

Flip the script?

Career break?

Peer review

Toast of the town?

Children are not cookie cutters

What is an entrenched issue?

Object lesson?

Pants are on fire

Dog whistle politics

Right side of history?

Sisyphean task

War chest?

Place to blow off some steam?