| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Achilles' Heel | area of particular vulnerability |
| Pound of Flesh | insistence on being repaid |
| Sacred Cow | something that cannot be interfered with or harmed |
| Crossing the Rubicon | taking an irreversable step |
| Pearls before Swine | offer something precious to someone unable to appreciate |
| Once in a Blue Moon | occurs very rarely |
| Mrs. Grundy | an attitude of narrow-minded prudishness |
| Crocodile Tears | to show false sympathy for someone |
| Sirens | anything that tempts a person away from safety and toward a destructive path |
| Read the Riot Act | stern warning & severe consequences will follow |
| Thirty Pieces of Silver | payment received for treachery |
| Betrayed with a Kiss | supposed friend's treachery |
| Gordian Knot | extremely complex problem |
| Ivory Tower | secluded/protected from the real world & out of touch with reality |
| All That Glitters is not Gold | appears valuable on the outside |
| Sound and Fury | great, passionate uproar about something meaningless |
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