PoliTİcal iDİoms

Idiom/Saying - Explanation

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  One / Two ... horse race - A competition or election which don't have many likely winners
  

For example:
General elections in the UK are generally a two horse race.

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  Election fever - The frenzy the media goes into whenever a general election is announced
  

For example:
The media is suffering from election fever, you can't switch the TV on without being bombarded by political pundits.

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  Hot air - empty, exaggerated, or pretentious talk
  

For example:
Politicians always talk a load of hot air.

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  Hung parliament - A parliament in which no political party has an outright majority
  

For example:
Everyone is saying there will be a hung parliament this election and the parties will have to make alliances with the smaller parties to form a majority.

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  Toe the party line - To conform to the rules or standards of the political party you belong to
  

For example:
"He'll have to learn to toe the party line, if he wants to get on."

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  Body politic - A politically organized group of people under a single government
  

For example:
"Judge Sydney Harris ordered the crown to return to the Body Politic all material seized during the raid."

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  A political football - A problem that doesn't get solved because the politics of the issue get in the way, or the issue is very controversial
  

For example:
"Women's health issues are always a political football."

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  A political hot potato - Something potentially dangerous or embarrassing
  

For example:
"The expenses scandal is a political hot potato."

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  To vote with your feet - To leave
  

For example:
I told her that if she didn't like the job she could always vote with her feet.