Stopped in her tracks?

In the nosebleeds

Local democracy bites the dust

Tall poppy

Donald Trump is “a…birther and bully”

In the doghouse?

Theater of the absurd?

Gold dust

Political mumbo-jumbo

Old saw?

Zero-hour contract

Pants are on fire

Gaming the system

Team player?

Toast of the town?

Peer review

Close to the bone

Flip the script?

Place to blow off some steam?

扒一扒英语中箴言的内涵

Herculean proportions?

High wire act

Soul searching

让阅读《经济学人》成为一种享受

Career break?

Con artist?

Dog whistle politics

What is an entrenched issue?

Read the tea leaf?

Sisyphean task