ground game
n.— «With polls showing an agonizingly tight contest between Hillary Clinton and her Democratic rivals and also among Republicans, the quirky statewide caucuses on Thursday could rest on who has the best “ground game,” in campaign parlance.» —“Iowa’s electoral mathematics hides key to victory” Arab Times (Safat, Kuwait) Jan. 1, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
In English, to wait until the cows come home, means you’ll wait a long time. In French, it’s attendre la semaine des quatre jeudis, literally, to “wait for a week of Thursdays.” This is part of a complete episode.
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