Local democracy bites the dust

让阅读《经济学人》成为一种享受

In the cross hairs?

Stop on a dime?

Donald Trump is “a…birther and bully”

Both sides of the aisle?

Toast of the town?

Flip the script?

What is an entrenched issue?

Tall poppy

Team player?

莎士比亚：词语创新的能手 遣词造句的高手

Herculean proportions?

Career break?

Rule of thumb?

Coming home to roost?

War chest?

Spitball some ideas?

Place to blow off some steam?

Object lesson?

Peer review

Theater of the absurd?

Soul searching

Stopped in her tracks?

We just got our head handed to us

On a wing and a prayer

Zero-hour contract

Hit the hay?

Old saw?

Pants are on fire