We just got our head handed to us

Sacrificial lamb

War chest?

Rule of thumb?

扒一扒英语中箴言的内涵

Close to the bone

Old saw?

Career break?

Local democracy bites the dust

Con artist?

Team player?

Hit the hay?

莎士比亚：词语创新的能手 遣词造句的高手

Object lesson?

Soul searching

Flip the script?

What is an entrenched issue?

Read the tea leaf?

In the nosebleeds

Herculean proportions?

Toast of the town?

让阅读《经济学人》成为一种享受

Coming home to roost?

Place to blow off some steam?

Peer review

Both sides of the aisle?

Stop on a dime?

Social fabric?

On a wing and a prayer

In the cross hairs?