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