Edible Idioms
Macbeth
Rhyme Time
Omeros
Internet speak
100
TV's "MythBusters" once tested whether "taking" this is "as easy" as the idiom suggests--conclusion: nope
What is taking candy from a baby?
100
These three enter the play with fanfare of thunder and lightning
Who are the Three Witches or Weird Sisters?
100
A navy man whose job it is to mend & alter uniforms
What is a sailor tailor?
100
These are described as "rope-bound bodies" in Book 1, but they aren't as lifeless as you'd think
What are trees?
100
Used to describe the vibe, energy, or aesthetic of something
What is "it's giving ____?"
200
This person spends most of their time watching television in comfort; perhaps with their relative, a bag of chips
What is couch potato?
200
"Out, damned spot, out, I say!" Lady Macbeth is not referring to a stain in her laundry, but this
What is blood?
200
A stack of Scrabble letters
What is a pile of tiles?
200
This bird is fast and helpful: it guides Achille on his journey to Africa
What is the swift?
200
What is the black and blue?
300
That was a simple task, though perhaps not as easy as Bake Off makes it look
What is a piece of cake?
300
He is not of woman born---all the credit goes to the surgeon who gave his mother a C-section
Who is Macduff?
300
Bony framework made of Jell-o
What is a gelatin skeleton?
300
Because the French and British constantly fought over St. Lucia, it was known as this mythological woman; Walcott uses this as a name for one of Omeros's characters
Who is Helen?
300
What is distracted boyfriend?
400
Whoops! You blabbered all of my secrets and ruined my carpet
What is spill the beans?
400
This wood marches on Dunsinane, promising Macbeth's end
What is Birnam Wood?
400
To use far more glue than is necessary
What is waste paste?
400
French sailors name St. Lucia after a Christian martyr, but the Indigenous Arawaks knew it as "Louanalao," or "island of this animal"
What are iguanas?
400
Me: That one weird meme
This question: ThAt OnE WeIrD MeME
What is mocking Spongebob?
500
In a 1785 poem William Cowper referred to this as "the very spice of life"; spoken like a man who's never tried sriracha
What is variety?
500
Shakespeare wanted to gain favor with this English monarch of Scottish descent with his Scottish subject material in Macbeth
Who is James I?
500
An outdated, old-fashioned picture made of colored bits of stone or glass
What is an archaic mosaic?
500
She heals Philoctete's ancestral wound by steeping it in a concoction of roots and ocean water; the recipe is given to her by the ants
Who is Ma Kilman?
500
One might call him the original meme, all the way back in 1987, but back then, they rolled with the punches
Who is Rick Astley?