It's All From Greek to Me
The Greek word zelos gave us this adjective meaning "envious"
jealous
Body area just above the hips, & milieu of a trash collector
the waist / waste
This form of income is officially called "Old-Age, Survivors, & Disability Insurance"; most people just call it this
Social Security
Gotta love the Brits! The series named for this tank engine has a railway manager named Sir Topham Hatt
Thomas
A famous scene from this 1955 Disney film is nicknamed the "spaghetti kiss"
Lady and the Tramp
This word for a type of gymnast with no fear of heights comes in part from a Greek word for "highest"
an acrobat
Get water out of a boat, & make bundles of hay
bail / bale
For film buffs, it's a Tom Cruise hitman-in-a-taxi movie; for bank nerds, it's an asset pledged to secure a loan
collateral
Tom Cruise boards a moving train by parachuting through a window in the "Dead Reckoning" installment of this film series
Mission: Impossible
This insect's spots & bright color signal to predators that it will taste really bad if eaten
the ladybug
The name of this device is from Greek for "spiral" & "wing", not that the ancient Greeks ever saw one
helicopter
It describes something spoken or something you let happen
It's a number that signals to lenders how likely you are to pay back a loan; above 670 is pretty deece
Bong Joon Ho directed this film that tackled warring class systems aboard a train trundling through a frozen landscape
Snowpiercer
When making a classic tiramisù, these small sponge cakes are soaked in espresso
Now often meaning a part of a song, in ancient Greece it meant a band of dramatic singers & dancers
chorus
Those waiting for treatment in a hospital, & what they might need to endure the wait
patients / patience
It's the "H-E" in "HELOC", a line of credit that can pay for your kitchen reno, your wedding... even your divorce
home equity
To take the Hogwarts Express, you must dash through a brick wall at London's King's Cross Station to reach this platform
9 3/4
This pop star said she died her hair blonde because she was tired of constantly being confused with Amy Winehouse
Lady Gaga
From the Greek for "long-lasting", this term for a good buddy comes from 17th century Cambridge University slang
Chrony
A Big Mac, & a citizen of a European town of yore
a burger / burgher
If you're eligible, sock away some after-tax retirement scratch in one of these accounts, named for a late Delaware senator
a Roth IRA
This Wes Anderson film finds brothers Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody & Jason Schwartzman taking a train trip through India
The Darjeeling Limited
In legend, King Arthur got his beloved sword Excalibur from this woman who lived underwater
the Lady of the Lake