Recent 12 Months Editorial Idioms and Phrases

Promising, successful, or cheerful features in an otherwise difficult, gloomy, or disappointing situation

Things or factors that persistently slow down, hinder, or pull back progress

Scarce, rare, infrequent, or seldom found

Is connected with, related to, or concerned with

About to experience, face, or encounter something (usually something difficult, unpleasant, or demanding)

In agreement, conformity, or harmony with something

Abruptly broke or ended an ongoing, continuous sequence of events or results

As a result of, due to, or on account of

A desire, craving, or demand is being stimulated, sharpened, or satisfied

Ignited or began burning with flames

Causing people to die as a result of an accident, disaster, or violence

To step down from an aggressive electioneering mindset and transition into responsible administrative governance

A major, obvious problem or dangerous reality that people are fully aware of but avoid discussing

A standard benchmark period used to measure the early performance, priorities, and administrative tone of a newly elected government

Material, evidence, or incidents used to feed or support an argument, criticism, or political attack

Used to say that something is very likely or quite possibly true

Achieves nothing useful or fails to produce any meaningful outcome

The typical resource, specialty, or standard strategy regularly associated with a particular group or party

Benefited, assisted, or advantaged by a specific course of action or governance policy

An expression used to ask why someone or something has a strange, recurring problem or frustrating situation