Stop on a dime?

On a wing and a prayer

Hit the hay?

In the doghouse?

Right side of history?

Tip of the iceberg?

Tall poppy

Herculean proportions?

Going back to the drawing board?

Local democracy bites the dust

Sacrificial lamb

Close to the bone

Gold dust

扒一扒英语中箴言的内涵

At the water’s edge?

Team player?

Gaming the system

Good Samaritan

Political mumbo-jumbo

Object lesson?

Rule of thumb?

High wire act

Golden rule?

In the cross hairs?

What is an entrenched issue?

Stopped in her tracks?

让阅读《经济学人》成为一种享受

Children are not cookie cutters

Peer review

Pants are on fire