This liquid that circulates in the vascular systems of trees contains dissolved sugars & mineral salts
sap
"If it ain't broke, don't ____ it"
fix
What happens to people who are ignored in a system, or to your coin that rolls through the grate
it falls through the cracks
The so-called "texts" of these Egyptian structures tell of the soul's journey to the "field of reeds"
the pyramids
To tell a trivial lie
fib
To make a fluid thinner or weaker by adding another liquid is to do this
dilute
"____ not, want not"
Waste
Piscine metaphor for someone in an unfamiliar situation
a fish out of water
After his hammer is stolen in "The Poetic Edda", he dresses up like a woman, goes to a wedding & eats an ox & 8 salmon
Thor
A type of broom, or an egg beater
a whisk
Dew is the result of this process, the changing of a gas to a liquid
condensation
"He who ____ last, ____ longest"
laughs
The dude who gets the blame, rightly or wrongly
the fall guy
In "The Ramayana", Rama & Sita get a little assistance from Hanuman, a general of these creatures
monkeys
Preaching often accompanies this evangelical assembly
a revival
Consomme is a French term for this clear soup of chicken or beef flavoring
broth
"____ what you preach"
practice
Parachuting from a failing aircraft, or rescuing a struggling company
bailing out
The feasting hall is happy for a while after this title Geat rips the arm off a monster; then the monster's mom shows up
Beowulf
Instinctive knowledge or belief; "woman's" is said to be keen
intuition
Another word for smoked fish is also the abbreviation for this rocket fuel
lox (or liquid oxygen)
"Curses, like chickens, come home to ____"
roost
If you're just like one of your parents, sometimes we say "the apple doesn't" do this
fall far from the tree
In a 14th c. tale Gawain causes the Green Knight to lose this, but he picks it up & rides off anyway
his head
This official rebuke or censure is often quite severe
reprimand