Whip hand?

The third rail?

Gaming the system

Tough cookie

“Wimbledon is the holy grail”

Spitball some ideas?

Object lesson?

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Trial balloon?

Forbidden fruit

Close to home?

Sacrificial lamb

Coming home to roost?

Zero-hour contract

Toast of the town?

Big payday?

Swept off his feet again

Read the tea leaf?

England will never live it down?

Is Donald Trump a choke artist?

Sisyphean task

Place to blow off some steam?

Kick the tires?

Soul searching

War chest?

Rule of thumb?

In the cross hairs?

Moments that take our breath away

Off the wall?

Hit the floor running?