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They have no legs to stand on?

If someone or something doesn’t have a leg to stand on, they stand little chance of winning or being successful.

Lion’s den?

If you place yourself in the lion’s den, you put yourself at great risk and danger.

Totem pole?

If someone says they’re the low man on the totem pole or any project, they mean to say they’re the common man.

Cash cow?

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.

A dose of his own medicine

It means they’re receiving the bad treatment they’ve been giving others.

Kicking the can down the road?

“Kicking the can down the road” means avoiding doing their job now and putting it off till later.

Larger scheme of things?

Somehow the human endeavor is often futile and thankless in the grand scheme of things.

Food chain?

Food chain can be used as a metaphor points to your particular position in the social hierarchy.

Follow the money?

If you follow where all the money goes and to whom, you’ll find the root of all problems in politics today.

Behind the eight ball again?

“Behind the eight ball” refers to a position of difficulty from which one is unlikely to extricate themselves.

Reading the riot act?

Reading the riot act means giving someone a strong warning – before further actions are taken against them as punishment.

Keep his power dry?

In the old days soldiers keep a bag of powders as today’s soldiers carry a supply of metal bullets as ammunition.

Raw end of the deal?

People who get the raw end of the deal are harshly, especially unfairly treated.

Finest hour?

“Finest hour” means the best hour, the moment when something happens that makes your day.

Running up the white flag?

Shoppers running up the white flag means they’re losing the battle against such enemies as inflation, wage freezes and job insecurity.

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