Close to the bone

Gaming the system

Sisyphean task

War chest?

In the nosebleeds

On a wing and a prayer

Theater of the absurd?

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Toast of the town?

Rule of thumb?

In the doghouse?

Stop on a dime?

Tall poppy

Both sides of the aisle?

Local democracy bites the dust

Flip the script?

Place to blow off some steam?

Coming home to roost?

We just got our head handed to us

Spitball some ideas?

In the cross hairs?

High wire act

Political mumbo-jumbo

Sacrificial lamb

Gold dust

Donald Trump is “a…birther and bully”

Object lesson?

Team player?

Social fabric?

Zero-hour contract