could not get elected dogcatcher
词源说明
Dogcatchers are virtually never elected to their posts; the phrase is hyperbole, using dogcatcher to indicate the most lowly conceivable office.
释义（英文）
短语 Phrase
- (idiomatic, chiefly US, politics, hyperbolic) Said of someone, particularly a politician, who is extremely unpopular. [from late 19th c.]
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