Spitball some ideas?

Local democracy bites the dust

让阅读《经济学人》成为一种享受

Both sides of the aisle?

Gaming the system

Old saw?

Read the tea leaf?

Social fabric?

What is an entrenched issue?

扒一扒英语中箴言的内涵

Dog whistle politics

Sacrificial lamb

Close to the bone

Hit the hay?

We just got our head handed to us

Career break?

Moments that take our breath away

Peer review

High wire act

Theater of the absurd?

Coming home to roost?

Two minds?

Toast of the town?

In the doghouse?

Political mumbo-jumbo

Gold dust

Flip the script?

Object lesson?

In the cross hairs?

Rule of thumb?