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Truth flies out the window

If truth or something else good and treasurable, such as reason, morality, justice, etc. is said to go or fly out the window, it's gone.

Cut her to the quick?

In "cutting to the quick", the quick refers to the living, sensitive part.

Dead air?

If a meeting or conversation produces "a lot of dead air", it is not very productive. In other words, there's no agreement.

Final curtain?

That's the final curtain, signaling that the whole show is over.

To-do list

A to-do list is just a list of things you say you are going to do some time in future.

Sounds canned?

Canned laughter are pre-recorded and replayed at will.

All the cards?

By holding all the big cards in hand, it has the situation under control.

Hold court?

Holding court becomes synonymous with anyone whose presence commands everybody's attention in a meeting room or elsewhere.

Garden path?

Why is being led down the garden path equivalent to being cheated and deceived?

Exit poll?

After each person comes out of polling station, having cast their votes, pollsters ask him or her who they have voted for.

Rust belt?

The rust belt refers to an old industrial base where the conveyor belt and assembly lines have been abandoned and laid to waste.

Echo chamber?

The echo chamber in politics refers to a group of people who share the same political views.

Live in the now?

When you live in the now, you have little sense of time, the past or the future.

Sleeping giant?

To say someone is a sleeping giant is to suggest this someone is big and strong, much stronger than any ordinary person is.

Strong-arming tactics?

It refers to the use of force, sheer force and brutal force to get one's way instead of using good reason, persuasion and via cooperation.

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