Hit the hay?

Earn your keep?

In the doghouse?

Dog whistle politics

High wire act

We just got our head handed to us

扒一扒英语中箴言的内涵

Stop on a dime?

At the water’s edge?

Gaming the system

What is an entrenched issue?

Sacrificial lamb

In the cross hairs?

Career break?

Zero-hour contract

In the nosebleeds

Con artist?

Pants are on fire

Close to the bone

Old saw?

Place to blow off some steam?

Right side of history?

Tall poppy

Rule of thumb?

Theater of the absurd?

Herculean proportions?

Social fabric?

Going back to the drawing board?

Peer review

Political mumbo-jumbo