IDIOMS & EXPRESSIONS
To lose out on an opportunity is to "miss" this transport
miss the bus (boat)
This "stately" sushi item is imitation crab, avocado & cucumber
California roll
"A male bovine's nap"? No, it means to move obstacles with a big tractor
bulldoze
A son of this capital, Franz was baptized in what's now known as the Schubert Church & at 17 wrote & conducted a mass there
Vienna
When Pompey took this metropolis in 63 B.C., Judea fell under the heel of the Romans
Jerusalem
A '70s Smokey ad showed a fawn & little bunnies & said there are these "in the woods", an idiom meaning naive or innocent
babes in the woods
Marinate lamb chunks in oregano, lemon juice, seasonings & oil, skewer & grill 'em & you've got this Greek-named dish
souvlaki
Promoted to be the person in charge? No, it means decorated with a raised design
embossed
A year before his own death, in 1827 Schubert was a torchbearer at the funeral of this legendary composer
Beethoven
In 1632 Maryland was granted to this lord, son of George Calvert, as a Catholic haven
Baltimore
In Sweden, to be caught "with your beard in the mailbox" is similar to this clothing-related phrase we use
caught with your pants down
To serve shrimp this Italian-named way, sauté with butter & garlic
scampi
"To turn into a long-tailed rodent"? No, to approve a constitutional amendment
to ratify
This Italian composer also associated with Mozart discovered Schubert when he was 7 & became one of his teachers
Antonio Salieri
The Yuan Dynasty was ousted in 1368 by this other 4-letter dynasty that would last a while
Ming Dynasty
Originally meaning too distant to be heard, it now means totally different, as in "a ____ ____ from how it used to be"
far cry
A quick & healthy nosh could be an envy or the really cool-named Northern Spy, types of this fruit
apples
"A spot on a kitchen surface"? No, it's the art of combining melodies in music
counterpoint
Schubert wrote several songs about fish as well as a famous piano quintet in A major named for this one
trout
18th century military prowess forced others to refer to this Prussian as "The Great"
Frederick the Great
From a 2013 Supreme Court argument--Justice: You want us to create a gray area; Professor: The opposite, I'm asking you to draw this
draw a bright line
Tyler Florence's recipe for this includes 4 chicken breasts, 1/2 pound of gruyere & 4 thin slices of prosciutto di Parma
chicken cordon bleu
"To surrender again"? No, to summarize
recapitulate
Schubert's "Der Tod und das Mädchen", translated as this pair, was based on a poem by Matthias Claudius
"Death and the Maiden"
Around 5,000 years ago bronze objects were being produced in this 2-letter Mesopotamian city
Ur