Relacionar Columnas AllusionsVersión en línea Allusions por Cynthia Cox 1 Pound of Flesh 2 Betrayed with a Kiss 3 Pearls Before Swine 4 Sound and Fury 5 Sacred Cow 6 Crocodile Tears 7 Thirty Pieces of Silver 8 Once in a Blue Moon 9 Achilles Heel 10 Sirens 11 Crossing the Rubicon 12 Gordian Knot 13 Read the Riot Act 14 All That Glitters is not Gold 15 Mrs. Grundy 16 Ivory Tower Something that happens rarely to offer something precious to someone who are unable to appreciate the value of what is given Something that cannot be interfered with or harmed in any way A vulnerability or point of weakness Any extremely complex problem To take an irreversible step, often involving some danger payment received for an act of treachery Anything that tempts someone away from safety and towards a dangerous path To show false sympathy refers to a great, tumultuous, and passionate uproar that is actually unimportant or meaningless An attitude of narrow-minded prudishness something which appears valuable on the outside may in fact be less than valuable; appearances can be deceptive Describes someone's insistence on being paid, even if repayment will destroy the debtor To issue a stern warning that if unacceptable behavior does not cease, severe consequences will follow. A person who is secluded or protected from the real world and thus out of touch with reality a supposed friend's treachery
