Relier Pairs AllusionsVersion en ligne Allusions par Cynthia Cox 1 Read the Riot Act 2 Betrayed with a Kiss 3 Sacred Cow 4 Thirty Pieces of Silver 5 Sound and Fury 6 Crocodile Tears 7 Once in a Blue Moon 8 Pound of Flesh 9 Sirens 10 Gordian Knot 11 Achilles Heel 12 Ivory Tower 13 All That Glitters is not Gold 14 Pearls Before Swine 15 Mrs. Grundy 16 Crossing the Rubicon To issue a stern warning that if unacceptable behavior does not cease, severe consequences will follow. An attitude of narrow-minded prudishness To show false sympathy To take an irreversible step, often involving some danger A vulnerability or point of weakness Anything that tempts someone away from safety and towards a dangerous path Something that cannot be interfered with or harmed in any way payment received for an act of treachery Describes someone's insistence on being paid, even if repayment will destroy the debtor A person who is secluded or protected from the real world and thus out of touch with reality refers to a great, tumultuous, and passionate uproar that is actually unimportant or meaningless Any extremely complex problem something which appears valuable on the outside may in fact be less than valuable; appearances can be deceptive to offer something precious to someone who are unable to appreciate the value of what is given Something that happens rarely a supposed friend's treachery