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It is used to describe anyone who is so desperate that he will do anything to salvage a hopeless situation.
By character assassination, they destroys a person’s reputation and image so that the public will never believe a word from him/her.
Pet project is one’s favorite project, something in which one indulges and gets the most kicks out of.
If someone or something doesn’t have a leg to stand on, they stand little chance of winning or being successful.
If you place yourself in the lion’s den, you put yourself at great risk and danger.
If someone says they’re the low man on the totem pole or any project, they mean to say they’re the common man.
You don’t want to kill or hurt your cash cow because you want it to continue to bring in an income on a daily basis.
It means they’re receiving the bad treatment they’ve been giving others.
“Kicking the can down the road” means avoiding doing their job now and putting it off till later.
Somehow the human endeavor is often futile and thankless in the grand scheme of things.
Food chain can be used as a metaphor points to your particular position in the social hierarchy.
If you follow where all the money goes and to whom, you’ll find the root of all problems in politics today.
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