It takes a village?

“Wimbledon is the holy grail”

Read the tea leaf?

Trial balloon?

Stop on a dime?

Tough cookie

Object lesson?

Swept off his feet again

Local democracy bites the dust

Whip hand?

Bury the lede?

Flip the script?

Spitball some ideas?

Rule of thumb?

To lean in or not to lean in

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Place to blow off some steam?

Both sides of the aisle?

Hit the floor running?

Close to home?

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Whipping boy

Zero-hour contract

Cut and thrust?

Gloves came off?

Sisyphean task

Soul searching

Toast of the town?

Breaking rank

Dog whistle politics