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