A biblical allusion that means to offer something precious to someone.
What are "Pearls before Swine" ?
200
Refers to a person's area of particluar vulnerability.
What is "Achilles' Heel" ?
200
Refers to insistance on being repaid.
What is a "Pound of Flesh" ?
200
Refers to something that cannot be interfered with or put in harm's way.
What is "Sacred Cow" ?
200
Give them food and entertainment , keep them happy :)
What are "Bread and Circuses" ?
200
A biblical allusion that refers to a payment recieved for an act of treachery.
What are "Thirty Pieces of Silver" ?
300
Refers to anything that tempts a person away from safety and toward a destruction path .
What are "Sirens" ?
300
Refers to a great tumultous, and passionate uproar that is unimportant.
What is Sound & Fury?
300
An Ivory Tower !
What is an act of being out of touch with reality
or being secluded from the real world ?
300
Under the English Common Law .
What is "Read the Riot Act" ?
300
Appearance that can be deceptive.
What Is "All That Glitters is not Gold" ?
400
Refers to solving such a problem in a quick, decisive manner .
What is A "Gordian knot" ?
400
Comes from Shakepeare's Merchant of Venice ,The Story of Shylock and Antonio .
What is a "Pound of Flesh" ?
400
The message of the proverb is that something which appears valuable on the outside, may in fact be less than valuable.
What is "All that Glitters is not Gold" ?
400
By Roman law, a general was forbidden from crossing into italy with an army. Nevertheless, Julius Ceasar led his army across the river , making civil war inevitable.
What is Crossing the Rubicon ?
400
A biblical allusion that refers to a supposed friend's treachery.
What is "Betrayed with a Kiss" ?
500
To fail or be destroyed because of lack of caution or excessive ambition.
What is be an "Icarus" or to "fly too close to the sun" ?
500
A character that never appeares on stage but characters always frequently ask "What would _________ do ?
Who is Mrs.Grundy?
500
its been said that nothing so cold-blooded has no feelings of sympathy for its prey.
What are "Crocodile Tears" ?
500
To issue a stern warning that if unacceptable behavior does not cease, severe consequences will follow.
What is "Read the Riot Act" ?
500
Comes from Shakespeare's Macbeth, when Macbeth is informed that his wife has died , he speaks of the inevitability of death.