Read the tea leaf?

Flip the script?

Zero-hour contract

Herculean proportions?

Donald Trump is “a…birther and bully”

Spitball some ideas?

Gold dust

Old saw?

Toast of the town?

Stopped in her tracks?

In the nosebleeds

Political mumbo-jumbo

Two minds?

Gaming the system

Dog whistle politics

What is an entrenched issue?

Career break?

Sacrificial lamb

Moments that take our breath away

On a wing and a prayer

Coming home to roost?

Rule of thumb?

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Tall poppy

Peer review

Stop on a dime?

Team player?

We just got our head handed to us

Pants are on fire

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