Local democracy bites the dust

We just got our head handed to us

Sacrificial lamb

Tall poppy

Toast of the town?

Hit the hay?

Old saw?

Soul searching

Peer review

Dog whistle politics

Rule of thumb?

Moments that take our breath away

Sisyphean task

Theater of the absurd?

In the doghouse?

Coming home to roost?

Children are not cookie cutters

Both sides of the aisle?

Herculean proportions?

Stop on a dime?

Close to the bone

In the cross hairs?

Pants are on fire

Gold dust

Object lesson?

Right side of history?

Place to blow off some steam?

Zero-hour contract

What is an entrenched issue?

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