play dead

For weeks, Democrats and other political observers have mulled advice put forward in the New York Times by veteran Democratic operative James Carville, who suggested that Democrats should “roll over and play dead” while Republicans “crumble beneath their own weight” and “make the American people miss us.”

What are your thoughts on James Carville telling the Democrats to "roll over and play dead" in his recent op-ed in the New York Times?

Carville said the Democrats should “roll over and play dead” and “allow the Republicans to crumble beneath their own weight and make the American people miss us.”

"If you're attacked by a polar bear, definitely do not play dead — that is a myth," she told CBC.

And if you had any other ideas about giving them the slip, wasps will not be fooled by anyone trying to "play dead" said Debugged, a blog by pest control giant Rentokil.