only Nixon could go to China (English, proverb)
expansion: only Nixon could go to China
Senses:
glosses: Only a politician or leader with an impeccable reputation of upholding particular political values could perform an action in seeming defiance of them without jeopardizing his support or credibility.
Forms:
form: only Nixon can go to China
tags: alternative
form: it took Nixon to go to China
tags: alternative