That's precious
The 1901 work "Yo Picasso" once sold for $47.9 mil.; if you know what "yo" means in Spanish, you know it's this kind of painting
self-portrait
A theorem about right triangles bears the name of this ancient Greek, once also regarded as the father of vegetarianism
Pythagoras
This astrological sign is thought to be Ganymede, who was abducted by an eagle & became an Olympian cupbearer
Aquarius
"The Puffy Shirt" &
"The Summer of George"
Seinfeld
To be frozen in fear is to be "caught like" this unfortunate creature, glare or no glare
deer in the headlights
Caviar from Huso huso, this species of sturgeon, can go for nearly $1,000 an ounce
beluga
This French mathematician devised the system of coordinates used for, among other things, playing "Battleship"
Descartes
When one of these opened in a museum in the 1920s, it was described as "a schoolroom under the vault of heaven"
planetarium
"A Hard Jay's Night" &
"Phil on Wire"
Modern Family
There's a small wild canine in this term for a treacherous infiltrator
fox in the henhouse
"I shoot the hippopotamus with bullets made of" this / "Because if I use leaden ones his hide is sure to flatten 'em"
platinum
In the 18th c. Leonhard Euler popularized "Latin Squares", forerunners of the puzzles that got this name in 1984
sudoku
Loosely meaning a "party of 3", it describes the situationship of 3 Romans who were more frenemies than besties
triumvirate
"Hostage Situation" &
"Captain Peralta"
Brooklyn 99
This 11-word phrase means it's better to have a sure thing than to risk it for double
A bird in the hand is the worth two in the bush
This word originally referred to the mold from which a bar of metal like gold is cast; now it primarily means the bar itself
This father of computing also compiled the first reliable actuarial tables & was famous for his Saturday night parties
Charles Babbage
The Schatzalp is the only one of these treatment centers mentioned by its real name in "The Magic Mountain"
sanitarium
"Joanie's First Kiss" &
"Richie Almost Dies"
Happy Days
The Latin phrase latet anguis in herba is the source of this phrase for a pretended friend or lurking danger
snake in the grass
One estimate says it costs $25 billion to make a gram of this stuff at CERN--& that's just for the cheaper positrons
antimatter
Known for his "Last Theorem", this father of differential calculus was a lawyer by day; math was just a hobby
Fermat
These drugs that might make you feel the motion of the ocean in your bladder are also known as "water pills"
diuretics
"And the Big Buttercream Breakthrough" &
"And the Taste Test"
A person who has no use for something but selfishly prevents others from enjoying it is one of these
dog in the manger