People
A person's weak area
Achille's heel
Falling unexplainably in love
Struck by Cupid's arrow
Good luck practice of ancient Greeks so that nothing bad will happen
Knock on wood
Greek idea of heaven
Elysium Fields
Someone who causes great disaster just by being seen
origin: Helen of Troy
The face that launched a thousand ships
A person who is always successful has this
Feeling overwhelmed by responsibilities
origin: Atlas
Carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders
An expression that warns of the motives of gifts
Origin: Trojan horse
Beware Greek gods bearing gifts
An elaborate maze
Labyrinth
Best meal ever
Food of the gods
Describes someone who is bitter and jealous when they don't get what they want
sour grapes
A state of total confusion
Chaos
Something that can't be changed
Fate
A long adventure to many places with many challenges
An odyssey
Great anger
Fury
Gorgeous man
Adonis
Being lured by something that seems good but is actually bad
Following the Siren's Song
Allowing really bad things to escape into the world
Opening Pandora's box
Someplace that hasn't been cleaned in years
Oracle's attic
A very ugly woman can do this
Origin: Medusa
Turn you to stone
Big, strong woman
Amazon
A decision that is bad either way
Origin: Percy and his friends crossing either Charybdis or Scylla
Caught between a rock and a hard place
Not stopping until you've exhausted all possibilities
Leave no stone unturned
Greek idea of hell
Tartarus
To nag or repeat a complaint incessantly
Harp