ANIMAL IDIOMS
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INTERNATIONAL CUISINE
WHAT'S YOUR SIGN
100
THE VERY OBVIOUS MAJOR PROBLEM WASN'T EVEN DISCUSSED, THOUGH WE ALL KNEW IT WAS THIS ENORMOUS HERBIVORE AMONGST US.
What is the elephant in the room.
100
AS A VERB, IT MEANS TO TIGHTEN A MUSCLE, SO BY EXTENSION IN SLANG, IT'S COME TO MEAN TO SHOW OFF OR BRAG.
What is flex.
100
NO LONGER JUST MEANING IN THE CENTER, THIS WORD ALSO MEANS JUST MEH.
What is mid.
100
SALZKARTOFFELN IS A STAPLE SIDE DISH IN GERMANY. JUST PEEL AND BOIL THESE TUBERS IN SALT WATER.
What are potatoes.
100
AQUARIANS ARE ECCENTRIC, AND MARCH TO THE BEAT OF THEIR OWN... HARPSICHORD? LIKE THIS MUSICAL GENIUS, BORN JAN 27, 1756 IN AUSTRIA.
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
200
WHAT SEEMED SIMPLE HAD TURNED INTO A COMPLEX PROBLEM, LIKE ONE OF THESE CONTAINERS OF ANNELIDS.
What is a can of worms.
200
GEN. ZERS MIGHT USE THIS TWO-WORD LOWER-CASE PHRASE TO SIGNAL THEY'RE BEING COMPLETELY HONEST.
What is no cap!
200
IN ADDITION TO THE OLD DEFINITION OF "A COLLISION INVOLVING A RAIL-BOUND VEHICLE", MERRIAM-WEBSTER ADDED "UTTER DISASTER" TO THE ENTRY ON THIS COMPOUND NOUN.
What is train wreck.
200
THIS MIDDLE EASTERN SALAD COMBINES PARSLEY, BULGUR, TOMATOES AND LEMON JUICE FOR A FRESH, ZESTY FLAVOR.
What is tabbouleh.
200
TAURI ARE KNOWN FOR BEING GROUNDED, WHICH CERTAINLY APPLIES TO THIS LONGEST-REIGNING BRITISH MONARCH.
Who is Queen Elizabeth II.
300
AT THE COMEDY SHOW I WAS SEATED IN THE FRONT ROW, LIKE THIS DEFENSELESS FOWL.
What is a sitting duck.
300
K-POP USED THIS WORD AS A DIG AT OBSESSIVE FANS UNREALISTIC ABOUT THEIR ODDS OF HAVING A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR IDOLS.
What is delulu.
300
FIVE LETTER BUTTER MAKER SEEN HERE CAN NOW REFER TO THE RATE AT WHICH CUSTOMERS STOP DOING BUSINESS, CANCEL SUBSCRIPTIONS, OR STOP USING A COMPANY'S SERVICE OVER A GIVEN PERIOD.
What is churn.
300
THIS JAPANESE DISH FEATURES SEAFOOD OR VEGETABLES THAT ARE LIGHLY BATTERED AND DEEP-FRIED FOR A CRISPY TEXTURE.
What is tempura.
300
ARIES ARE INNOVATORS, LIKE THIS WOMAN WHO GOT HER START STUDYING CHIMPANZEES IN THE FIELD IN TANZANIA.
Who is Jane Goodall
400
I LOVE IT WHEN I GET THIS LARGEST PORTION OF SOMETHING, AS WOULD BEFIT THIS SAVANNA PREDATOR.
What is the lion's share.
400
IN ART, IT MEANS THE LIGHTING IS DIM OR DULL; IN SLANG IT MEANS SUBTLE, RESTRAINED, MODEST; THERE IS A "HIGH" OPPOSITE.
What is low-key.
400
NOT ALPHA, BUT THIS GREEK LETTER MEANS POPULAR OR COOL.
What is sigma.
400
THIS POPULAR THAI DISH IS MARINATED MEAT ON A SKEWER SERVED WITH A PEANUT DIPPING SAUCE.
What is satay.
400
PASSION RULES SCORPIO, AS WITH THIS SPANISH PAINTER WHO HAD 2 WIVES & MANY MISTRESSES, LIKE DORA MAAR & MARIE-THÉRÈSE WALTER.
Who is Pablo Picasso.
500
I'M PRETTY SURE HE'S ONLY TALENTED IN A SINGLE AREA, LIKE ONE OF THESE EQUINES.
What is a one-trick pony.
500
OXFORD'S WORD OF THE YEAR FOR 2024 WAS THIS TERM FOR THE DETERIORATION OF OUR MINDS, THANKS TO THE ONSLAUGHT OF DIGITAL CONTENT.
What is brain rot.
500
IF YOU ARE DOING THIS, YOU ARE EITHER TRYING TO SOUND LIKE A CAT (OLD MEANING), OR ATTEMPTING TO STRENGTHEN YOUR JAWLINE (NEW MEANING).
What is mewing.
500
THIS APPETIZER FROM SOUTH AMERICA IS RAW FISH OR SHIRMP MARINATED OR COOKED IN LEMON OR LIME JUICE.
What is ceviche.
500
LIBRAS SEEK JUSTICE, LIKE THIS SOUTH AFRICAN CLERIC WHO WON A NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FOR FIGHTING APARTHEID.
Who is Desmond Tutu