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Low-hanging fruit?

The low-hanging fruit are, needless to say, the easiest and pick.

Gone like hot cakes?

“Hot cakes” is an American idiom, representing a commodity that’s popular and easy to sell.

Save the day?

To save the day means to prevent sth. bad from happening or to prevent sth. bad from getting even worse.

Meeting them half way?

A willingness to meet with your opponent half way simply means that you're very willing to negotiate and make compromises.

Repealing Obamacare is a nonstarter?

If someone's proposal is deemed a nonstarter, it is not very good.

Step on your toes?

If someone's words step on our toes, they can hurt our feelings real bad.

Crying wolf?

Crying wolf has become synonymous with anyone raising a false alarm, especially to attract attention.

什么是“幸运小姐”（Lady Luck）？

Lady Luck stands for good fortune, the chance of something good happening to you.

Won’t break the bank?

If you have to break your piggy bank to buy something, then it is perhaps too expensive.

Can’t shoot straight?

If someone can't shoot straight with sth. they say, then they don't know what they're talking about.

Having a ball?

People said they had a ball when they meant to say they had a good, exciting time.

Job lock?

Job lock refers to the situation where you are stuck with your current job.

Crash diet?

That’s essentially what “going on a crash diet straight afterwards” means really.

Basket case

In other words, Thatcherism prevented the teetering British economy from total collapse.

Group think

Group think, literally, is what the group as a whole thinks instead of what each individual member of that group thinks.

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