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