In the doghouse?

Tall poppy

Gold dust

Toast of the town?

On a wing and a prayer

Team player?

Soul searching

Local democracy bites the dust

Stopped in her tracks?

Gaming the system

Old saw?

Theater of the absurd?

Zero-hour contract

Both sides of the aisle?

Is Donald Trump a choke artist?

Dog whistle politics

Sisyphean task

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Coming home to roost?

Herculean proportions?

Con artist?

Sacrificial lamb

Political mumbo-jumbo

Object lesson?

Moments that take our breath away

What is an entrenched issue?

Pants are on fire

In the cross hairs?

Read the tea leaf?

Two minds?