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