Bell cow?

Con artist?

Object lesson?

Place to blow off some steam?

Close to the bone

Herculean proportions?

Social fabric?

Good Samaritan

Sacrificial lamb

On a wing and a prayer

Gold dust

In the cross hairs?

At the water’s edge?

Tip of the iceberg?

Theater of the absurd?

Zero-hour contract

Local democracy bites the dust

Right side of history?

Swan song?

扒一扒英语中箴言的内涵

Tall poppy

从翻译角度看中美高校校训[1]

Old saw?

Career break?

What is an entrenched issue?

Rule of thumb?

Gaming the system

A bucket list goal?

Read the tea leaf?

Stopped in her tracks?