Sounds Like it to Me
SOUNDS LIKE IT TO ME
If your high-flying idea turns out to be a dud, it lands with this sound: A ____________.
THUD
It means "your fellow Italian" especially if he's a rustic or peasant
PAISAN (PAISANO)
1903: A dog runs with the wolves
CALL OF THE WILD
Charles Richard Drew organized the first of these alliterative plasma storage programs
A Blood Bank
You probably haven't seen one of these since grade school
TIMES TABLE (MULTIPLICATION TABLE)
Hearing this hyphenated sound of tiny feet means you have kids or mice somewhere around.
PITTER-PATTER
This is a long, flat noodle, often served with bolognese
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tagliatelle: The Italians traditionally eat the bolognese with tagliatelle, a flat strand egg pasta similar to fettuccine
1847: Heathcliff is a bad cat
WUTHERING HEIGHTS
He appointed more justices (nine) to the U.S. Supreme Court than any other president in the 20th century.
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
It's the part of a phonograph that spins the record
A TURNTABLE
The engine-like sound a person makes while gulping a cool beverage after hours of working in the hot sun.
CHUG
Named for a Renaissance figure, this airport near Rome is Italy's largest
LEONARDO DA VINCI
1813: Ms. Bennet confronts 2 specific things
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
Abbreviated the CBC it was formed by 13 African Americans elected to the U.S. House in 1970
THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS
This Arizona city whose Spanish name means table was founded by Mormons in 1878
MESA
A metal disk with a turned rim, which gives a resonant note when struck
A GONG
The Standard Italian language came from the dialect used in this city by Dante Petrarch & Boccaccio
FLORENCE
1939: On the Joad Again
The Grapes of Wrath
This Northeastern man was 30, the minimum age for a U.S. senator when he ran in 1962; he stuck around 47 years.
Who is Ted Kennedy?
It's the chemical formula for table salt
NACL
Synonym for the whinny cries made by donkeys or mules.
bray
Name 2 tiny independent states entirely surrounded by Italian territory
SAN MARINO & VATICAN CITY
A prominent member of the Harlem Renaissance, she wrote the 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God
ZORA NEALE HURSTON
Usually given in January, it was once known simply as the president's annual message to Congress.
What is the State of the Union Address?
"The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table" is a book of essays by this writer & father of a Supreme Court justice
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES SR.