Vocab 24 Blair Mosher
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Achilles' heel | Vulnerable or weak spot |
| Armageddon | Vast, decisive battle |
| Bell the cat | Do a daring, risky deed for the sake of others |
| Between Scylla and Charybdis | Between two equally difficult alternatives, neither of which can be avoided without encouring the other |
| Carry coals to Newcastle | Take something to a place where it's plentiful and not needed |
| Catch 22 | A contradiction in order or regulation that makes people victims of its provisions, regardless of what they do |
| Crocodile tears | False tears, insincere show of greed |
| Cross the Rubicon | Take a decisive or irrevocable step |
| Cry wolf | Give alarm without occasion or give a false alarm |
| Dog in the manger | Person who prevents others from using something he or she cannot use and does not need |
| fifth column | Subversive group of suvilians working secretly within their own country to turn it over to an invading enemy |
| Fourth estate | Reporters, the press, or journalism |
| Freudian slip | Slip of the tongue by which a person unintentionally reveals his/her true feelings |
| Hobsons choice | The choice of taking what is offered or nothing at all |
| Hoist with one's own petard | Blown up with ones own bomb; victimized by ones own scheme |
| Juggernaut | Massive irresistible force crushing everything in its own path |
| Last straw | Final test of patience or endurance |
| Midas touch | Talent for making money in any enterprise one engages in |
| Murphys Law | Satirical maxine stating that if anything can go wrong it will |
| Open sesame | Any means or formula that works like magic to help one achieve a desired end |
| Pandoras box | Source of extensive unforeseen troubles |
| Parkinsons law | Satirical Maxine about the lack of productivity stating that work expands to fill the time available for its completion |
| Pyrrhic victory | Victory achieved at ruinis cost |
| Sour grapes | Disparagement of something that one cannot have |
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