Study sets matching "allusions 5"
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Nemesis
Pyrrhic victory
Flash in the pan
scapegoat
Causes his or her downfall
Winner's victory comes at such a great expense that is scarcel…
Initially shows great promise, fails to meet expectations
A person who is blamed or punished for someone else's misdeeds
Nemesis
Causes his or her downfall
Pyrrhic victory
Winner's victory comes at such a great expense that is scarcel…
Sold Down the River
Nemesis
Pyrrhic Victory
Flash in the Pan
In nineteenth-century America, during the days of slavery, som…
Nemesis was the Greek goddess of vengeance and retribution. Sh…
Pyrrhus was a general in ancient Greece. After defeating the R…
Flintlock rifles had an ignition pan containing gunpowder. If…
Sold Down the River
In nineteenth-century America, during the days of slavery, som…
Nemesis
Nemesis was the Greek goddess of vengeance and retribution. Sh…
Jezebel
John the Baptist
Joseph and his brothers
Josheph and Potiphars wife
Phoenician princess who married king ahab & urged him to sin.…
Prophet who prepared the way for Jesus the messiah. Forunner o…
11th son of Jacob. All his brothers were jealous of him so the…
Potiphars wife tried seducing Joseph. Joseph rejected her. She…
Jezebel
Phoenician princess who married king ahab & urged him to sin.…
John the Baptist
Prophet who prepared the way for Jesus the messiah. Forunner o…
Sour Grapes origin
Sour Grapes now
Sold Down the River origin
Sold Down the River now
The Fox and the Grapes, fable by Aesop, were probably sour any…
attitude, disappointed or thwarted, bitterly rationalizes that…
nineteenth-century America, slavery, sell their house servants…
betrayed or misled by someone trusted
Sour Grapes origin
The Fox and the Grapes, fable by Aesop, were probably sour any…
Sour Grapes now
attitude, disappointed or thwarted, bitterly rationalizes that…
Pyrrhic Victory
Saturnalia
Saturnine
Sibyl
a too costly victory; from Pyrrhus, a Greek king who defeated…
a period of unrestrained revelry; named after the ancient Roma…
sluggish, gloomy, morose, inactive in winter months; named aft…
a witch or sorceress; a priestess who made known the oracles o…
Pyrrhic Victory
a too costly victory; from Pyrrhus, a Greek king who defeated…
Saturnalia
a period of unrestrained revelry; named after the ancient Roma…
Sour Grapes
Sold Down the River
Nemesis
Pyrrhic Victory
"____________" refers to the attitude of a person who has been…
to be betrayed or misled, especially by someone trusted; 19th…
A person's "nemesis" is that which causes his or her downfall,…
one which the winner's victory comes at such a great expense t…
Sour Grapes
"____________" refers to the attitude of a person who has been…
Sold Down the River
to be betrayed or misled, especially by someone trusted; 19th…
Hermes/Mercury
Hydras
Ishtar
Jason
I'm surprised that FedEx or the UPS did not use the god ______…
I like to think of lying as the greatest of ______________ for…
As I toured Egypt this summer, I learned that my sister had be…
Liam, I have chosen you to be your group's ___________________…
Hermes/Mercury
I'm surprised that FedEx or the UPS did not use the god ______…
Hydras
I like to think of lying as the greatest of ______________ for…
sour grapes
sold down the river
nemesis
pyrrhic victory
-"fox and the grapes"... -fable by Aesop... -fox tries to get grapes…
-19th c... -during slavery... -sell house servants to plantation own…
-greek goddess of vengeance and redistribution ... -excessive pri…
-general in greek... -after defeating the romans, great losses... -v…
sour grapes
-"fox and the grapes"... -fable by Aesop... -fox tries to get grapes…
sold down the river
-19th c... -during slavery... -sell house servants to plantation own…
Pyrrhic Victory
Saturnalia
Saturnine
Sibyl
(adj) A too costly victory; *from Pyrrhus, a Greek king who…
A period of unrestrained revelry; *named after the ancient Rom…
Sluggish, gloomy, morose, inactive in winter months; *named af…
A witch or sorceress; *a priestess who made known the oracles…
Pyrrhic Victory
(adj) A too costly victory; *from Pyrrhus, a Greek king who…
Saturnalia
A period of unrestrained revelry; *named after the ancient Rom…
pyrrhic victory
saturnalia
sibyl
sisyphean
adj.; a too costly victory; from Pyrrhus, a Greek king who def…
a period of unrestrained revelry; named after the ancient Roma…
a witch or a sorceress; a priestess who made known the oracles…
greedy and avaricious; from the shrewd and greedy king of the…
pyrrhic victory
adj.; a too costly victory; from Pyrrhus, a Greek king who def…
saturnalia
a period of unrestrained revelry; named after the ancient Roma…
Solomon
Ruth & Naomi
Samson
Sodom & Gomorah
The Dali Lama seems to harbor the sagacity of ________________…
In the movie Fried Green Tomatoes, Idgie and Ruth are two wome…
Like _________________, Arnold Schwartzenegger posseses tremen…
Las Vegas, New Orleans & Jersey City: Each of these cities has…
Solomon
The Dali Lama seems to harbor the sagacity of ________________…
Ruth & Naomi
In the movie Fried Green Tomatoes, Idgie and Ruth are two wome…
Jezebel
John the Baptist
Joseph and his brothers
Joseph and Potiphar's wife
In Kings, she was a Phoenician princess who married King Ahab…
The prophet who prepared the way for his cousin Jesus as Messi…
In Genesis, Joseph was the eleventh of Jacob's son. His brothe…
In Genesis, Potiphar's wife tried to seduce Joseph. When he re…
Jezebel
In Kings, she was a Phoenician princess who married King Ahab…
John the Baptist
The prophet who prepared the way for his cousin Jesus as Messi…
Sour Grapes
Sold Down the River
Nemesis
Pyrrhic victory
Fable, Attitude of a person who has been disappointed or thwar…
Historical, To be betrayed or misled, especially by someone tr…
Greek Mythology, causes their downfall, or downfall itself.
Greek History, Victory that comes at such great expense that i…
Sour Grapes
Fable, Attitude of a person who has been disappointed or thwar…
Sold Down the River
Historical, To be betrayed or misled, especially by someone tr…
Sour Grapes
Sold Down the River
Nemesis
Pyrrhic Victory
"the fox and the grapes", fable by Aesop. Were probably sour a…
19th century, sell their house servants to plantation owners i…
Greek goddess of vengeance and retribution; excessive pride. (…
Pyrrhus, general of Greece; after defeating the Romans, suffer…
Sour Grapes
"the fox and the grapes", fable by Aesop. Were probably sour a…
Sold Down the River
19th century, sell their house servants to plantation owners i…
Sour Grapes
Sold Down the River
Nemesis
Pyrrhic Victory
"the fox and the grapes", fable by Aesop. Were probably sour a…
19th century, sell their house servants to plantation owners i…
Greek goddess of vengeance and retribution; excessive pride. (…
Pyrrhus, general of Greece; after defeating the Romans, suffer…
Sour Grapes
"the fox and the grapes", fable by Aesop. Were probably sour a…
Sold Down the River
19th century, sell their house servants to plantation owners i…
Sour Grapes
Sold Down the River
Nemesis
Pyrrhic Victory
Aesop; bitterly rationalizes
house servants; cruel betrayal
Greek goddesses; causes his or her downfall
Greek general; victory comes at such a great expense
Sour Grapes
Aesop; bitterly rationalizes
Sold Down the River
house servants; cruel betrayal
Sour Grapes
Sold Down the River
Nemesis
Pyrrhic Victory
-"The Fox and the Grapes" is a fable by Aesop... -fox tries over…
-19th century American slavery... -wealthy would sell their house…
-Greek goddess of vengeance and retribution... -punished people f…
-Pyrrhus in Greece... -after defeating Romans and suffering great…
Sour Grapes
-"The Fox and the Grapes" is a fable by Aesop... -fox tries over…
Sold Down the River
-19th century American slavery... -wealthy would sell their house…
sine qua non
muckraker
theodore roosevelt
gordian knot
modern meaning: without someone a situation is changed... actual…
journalist/author who exposes corruption and wants reform
pres. who called reform-minded journalists muckrakers
a difficult to solve problem that can be solved with a shortcut
sine qua non
modern meaning: without someone a situation is changed... actual…
muckraker
journalist/author who exposes corruption and wants reform
Laocoon
Ararat
Hiawatha
Annunciation
Greek Mythology; seer and a priest of the god Apollo; he was t…
The mountain on which the ark built by Noah landed when the fl…
poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ... leader of the Iroquois Co…
New Testament the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel…
Laocoon
Greek Mythology; seer and a priest of the god Apollo; he was t…
Ararat
The mountain on which the ark built by Noah landed when the fl…
Sour Grapes
Sold Down the River
Nemesis
Pyrrhic Victory
-The attitude of a person who has been disappointed or thwarte…
betrayed or misled, especially by someone trusted.
downfall
he winner's victory comes at such a great expense that it is s…
Sour Grapes
-The attitude of a person who has been disappointed or thwarte…
Sold Down the River
betrayed or misled, especially by someone trusted.
Sour grapes origin
Sour grapes
Sold down the river origin
Sold down the river
Fox and the grapes (novel)
Person who bitterly rationalizes what he did or said wasnt so…
Nineteenth centure america
betrayed or misled
Sour grapes origin
Fox and the grapes (novel)
Sour grapes
Person who bitterly rationalizes what he did or said wasnt so…
xanadu/ lit
fifteen mins of fame/H,C,I
flash in the pan/ Lang and idioms
freudian slip/ H,C,I
ancient city in mongolia... kublai khan residence ... writer samuel…
andy warhol a amercian pop artist ... created images for campbell…
flintlock rifles... ignition pan with gunpowder ... powder in pan li…
sigmund freud an austrican psychotherapist... subconscious human…
xanadu/ lit
ancient city in mongolia... kublai khan residence ... writer samuel…
fifteen mins of fame/H,C,I
andy warhol a amercian pop artist ... created images for campbell…