Political Metaphors

Question 1

Crack

Answer 1

A weakness in and idea, system, …

Question 2

Be in the driving seat

Pull the strings

Answer 2

Be in controll of a situation

Question 3

Rock the boat

Answer 3

Cause problems by making changes to situations

Question 4

Lay the foundations of sh

Answer 4

Create the basic principles and ideas from which sth can develop

Question 5

Be out of sb’s depth

Answer 5

بیشتر از ظرفیت کسی

Get stuck in difficult situation and unable to control that

Question 6

Were thrown in at the deep end

Answer 6

Face with new difficault situation tasks that you are not prepared for

Question 7

Sink or swim

Answer 7

Fail or succeed

Question 8

Heated debate

Heated discussion

Answer 8

Angry discussion

Question 9

Have safe pair of hands

Answer 9

A person whom you can rely on

Question 10

Heading the right/wrong direction

Answer 10

Making good/bad progress

Question 11

Under the microscope

Answer 11

Being watched and examined very carefully

Question 12

1- Give (positive) spin

2- Spin doctors

Answer 12

A way of giving information to make sth appear better or less bad
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