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Politics – English idioms and sayings Martyna

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In the set you can find English idioms on the advanced level. It will be useful for everybody who learns English.

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A competition or election which doesn't have many likely winners.
one / two horse race
This presidential election was just a two horse race.
The frenzy the media goes into whenever a general election is announced.
election fever
Election fever has started, there's politics on every channel.
Empty, exaggerated, or pretentious talk.
hot air
Politicians always talk the hot air.
A parliament in which no one political party has an outright majority.
hung parliament
In Poland we always have a hung parliament.
To conform to the rules or standards of the political party you belong to.
to toe the party line
The party usually punishes those who don't toe the party line.
A politically organized group of people under a single government.
body politic
Body politic elected the new president.
A problem that doesn't get solved because the politics of the issue get in the way, or the issue is very controversial.
political football
Apart from being a controversial issue, abortion is also a political football.
Something potentially dangerous or embarrassing.
political hot potato
This scandal will be a political hot potato.
The way politics runs.
political machinery
Not many people fully understand political machinery.
To use or not use language that will cause offence - often shortened to PC.
politically correct / incorrect (PC)
To call an Afro-American a “nigger” is not PC.
To shake hands.
to press the flesh
Political campaign includes a lot of flesh pressing.
To talk a lot about a subject you feel strongly about. If someone tells you to "get off your soapbox" they think you're talking too much about that subject.
to get on / off your soapbox
When a politician gets on his soapbox nothing can stop his talking.
To leave
to vote with one's feet
Many people in Africa vote with their feet and emigrate.
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