IDIOMS AROUND THE HOUSE

EUROPEAN HISTORY

FIRE & ICE
THE MORE "C"OMMON WORD
FOUNTAIN VIEW FACTS
200

If you are being "called on" this floor covering, you are being reprimanded

the carpet

200

Kitchen ovens left unattended by King Charles II's bakers may have led to this 1666 disaster

the Great London Fire

200

Fire Island lies off the southern shore of this island in southeastern New York state

Long Island

200

Masticate:
This 4-letter action

chew

200

This Resident holds informative previews of Operas and Symphonies

Joe

400

Accusing someone of a failing that you also have? That's this expression that mentions 2 pieces of cookware

The pot calling the kettle black

400

This tribunal targeting heretics reached a peak under Torquemada in the 1490s with about 2,000 burned at the stake

the Inquisition

400

ICE, short for U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement, was created in 2003 as part of this Cabinet department

Homeland Security

400

Cudgel:
A short, heavy one of these

a club

400

This department used to be called Community Life

Life Enrichment

600

Temporarily staying in a series of other people's homes with makeshift sleeping arrangements is doing this--hang ten!

couch surf (or bed surfing)

600

Drink up, mes amis! In 1814 this dynasty returned to power in France

the Bourbons

600

Dry ice is this gas in its solid form

carbon dioxide

600

Nubilous:
Literally, this

cloudy

600

This manager leads a chess group in the Game Room

Bill Palmer

800

"The hand that" does this "rules the world"

rock the cradle

800

This extreme right-wing ideology big in 1930s & '40s Europe gets its name from a Roman bundle of wooden rods

Fascism

800

Ice plants are a low-growing species of these plants with fleshy, thick tissues that store water

succulents

800

Ectothermic

cold-blooded

800

Becca ___ is the new assistant directory of Activities.

Haist

1000

Tertullian's proverb "de calcaria in carbonarium" is said to be the source of this phrase for going from bad to worse

out of the frying pan and into the fire

1000

6th century Byzantine emperor Justinian defeated these eastern Goths in Italy

Ostrogoths

1000

The patron saint of Mediterranean sailors gave his name to this phenomenon seen on the masts of ships in stormy weather

St. Elmo's fire

1000

Parturition:
This 10-letter word

childbirth

1000

Julia Ringenary wears many hats, but her official title is this

Concierge Director

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