Peer review

On a wing and a prayer

Zero-hour contract

War chest?

Theater of the absurd?

Spitball some ideas?

Stopped in her tracks?

We just got our head handed to us

Sisyphean task

Coming home to roost?

Two minds?

What is an entrenched issue?

Gold dust

Is Donald Trump a choke artist?

Rule of thumb?

In the doghouse?

High wire act

In the nosebleeds

Herculean proportions?

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Old saw?

Team player?

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Local democracy bites the dust

Both sides of the aisle?

In the cross hairs?

Dog whistle politics

Close to the bone

Career break?

Pants are on fire