| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Achille's Heel | means your weakness |
| Pound of Flesh | payment due |
| Sacred Cow | something that cannot be interfered with |
| Crossing the Rubicon | no turning back |
| Pearls Before Swine | don't give something to those who won't appreciate its worth |
| Once in a Blue Moon | rare occurance |
| Crocodile Tears | false sympathy |
| Sirens | something that you simply can't resist |
| Read the Riot Act | to receive a severe warning |
| Thirty Pieces of Silver/ Betrayed with a Kiss | your buying price and the way you betray a friend |
| Gordian Knot | complex problem |
| Ivory Tower | out of touch with reality |
| All that Glitters is not Gold | things aren't always as they seem |
| Sound and Fury | uproar and hype leading to let down |
| mythological | Type of allusion of "achille's heel" |
| literary | type of allusion of "pound of flesh" |
| religious/language | type of allusion of "sacred cow" |
| historical | type of allusion of "crossing the rubicon" |
| biblical | type of allusion of "pearls before swine" |
| language | type of allusion of "once in a blue moon" |
| language/idiom | type of allusion of "crocodile tears" |
| mythological | type of allusion of "sirens" |
| historical | type of allusion of "read the riot act" |
| biblical | type of allusion of "thirty pieces of silver/ betrayed with a kiss" |
| mythological | type of allusion of "gordian knot" |
| language | type of allusion of "ivory tower" |
| language | type of allusion of "all that glitters is not gold" |
| literature | type of allusion of "sound and fury" |
| Achille's heel | Greek myth and hero; weakness in ankle from being dipped in the Styx river; died in Trojan war when struck upon the ankle; what is the allusion? |
| Pound of Flesh | Shakespearean play; Merchant of Venice; Shylock the Jew demanded his payment due; what is the allusion? |
| Sacred Cow | In Hinduism there is a sacred animal; they cannot be harmed in any way; what is the allusion? |
| Crossing the Rubicon | Caesar crossed the river back to Rome with his army which was considered declaring war; what is the allusion? |
| Pearls before Swine | Jesus' sermon that preached not to throw values before those unworthy |
| Once in a blue moon | Second full moon in a month; what is the allusion? |
| Crocodile Tears | reaction when crocodiles open their jaws too widely; what is the allusion? |
| Sirens | Greek mythological half women half bird creatures that lured sailors to their deaths; what is the allusion? |
| Read the Riot Act | Originated in England; to be severely warned; what is the allusion? |
| Thirty pieces of silver/ Betrayed with a kiss | Judas sold Jesus for thirty pieces of silver and marked him with a kiss; what is the allusion? |
| Gordian Knot | King Gorolius tied a complex knot to find the next ruler of Asia; solved by Alexander the Great who cut it with his sword; what is the allusion? |
| Ivory Tower | Poet Alfred de Vigny shut himself inside an ivory tower; what is the allusion? |
| All that Glitters is not Gold | Aristotle proverb; things aren't always what they seem; what is the allusion? |
| Sound and Fury | Novel by Faulkner; uproar and hype leading to let down; what is the allusion? |
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