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