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| 9676160156 | thrown down the gaundlet | to issue an open challenge; knights would throw down their gaundlets (gloves) | 0 | |
| 9676177837 | loose cannon | dangerously uncontrollable person or thing; cannons became loose on a naval ship | 1 | |
| 9676219842 | meltdown | rapid or disastrous decline, particularly of individuals, institutions, and systems; derived from nuclear meltdowns | 2 | |
| 9676233539 | promised land | place or condition believed to promise final satisfaction or realization of hopes; derived from Genesis | 3 | |
| 9676246678 | primrose path | path of ease, usually without much difficulty, focusing on pleasure which leads to probable failure or ruin; derived from Shakespeare | 4 | |
| 9676259785 | friendly fire | damaging or lethal impact accidentally inflicted on one's own side or team | 5 | |
| 9676275023 | march to the beat of a different drummer | Denotes an individual pursuing a non-conformist course, to act and/or think independently often in conflict with the habits, thoughts, or actions of the mainstream; Henry David Thoreau | 6 | |
| 9676290692 | don't look a gift horse in the mouth | applied as an analogy to any gift: Don't inspect it to make sure it matches some standard; bad manners to inspect a gift horses teeth | 7 | |
| 9676316819 | Murphy's law | idea that "if anything can go wrong, it will" | 8 | |
| 9676332507 | salad days | time of youthful vigor, strength, and, perhaps, reckless passion; Shakespeare | 9 | |
| 9676360433 | elephant in the room | obvious problem or risk that no one wants to discuss, or a condition of group think that no one wants to challenge | 10 | |
| 9676374544 | 15 minutes of fame | when someone receives a significant amount of media attention for something fairly trivial | 11 | |
| 9676393454 | ivory tower | denotes someone being out of touch with reality, secluded or protected from the real world; Alfred deVigny isolated himself | 12 | |
| 9676410598 | sacred cow | denotes an idea, custom, or institution held, especially unreasonably, to be above criticism; Indians think cows are sacred | 13 | |
| 9676421725 | all that glitters is not gold | denotes the idea that just because something looks valuable on the outside, it may, in fact, be less than so, that appearances can be deceptive | 14 | |
| 9676581879 | left-handed compliment | denotes that despite being a form of praise, it is insulting or rude in some way; left hand is associated with negativity | 15 | |
| 9676622286 | a chip on one's shoulder | someone inclined to be resentful or looking for an excuse to quarrel; kids would put wood on their shoulders and attempt to knock each other's off | 16 | |
| 9676643248 | once in a blue moon | something that occurs very rarely; blue moons don't occur frequently | 17 | |
| 9676667637 | tabula rasa | denotes the idea of something or someone entirely unmarked and uninfluenced; "blank slate" | 18 | |
| 9676685151 | noble savage | claims that people are born good and innocent but that influences from civilization cause them to lose both traits | 19 | |
| 9677097361 | svengali | denotes a person who insidiously exercises excessive control or influence on another person; singing master | 20 | |
| 9677109937 | sound and fury | denotes a great, tumultuous, and passionate uproar that is actually unimportant or meaningless; Shakespeare | 21 | |
| 9677119417 | nimby | idea that, while people may be aware of the necessity of some unpleasant realities, they insist that these places be located away from where they live; "not in my backyard" | 22 | |
| 9677133582 | crocodile tears | denotes showing false sympathy for someone; crocodiles cry before eating their prey | 23 | |
| 9677154426 | catch-22 | denotes an absurd, no-win situation | 24 | |
| 9677164061 | last hurrah | denotes a final, often farewell effort, production or appearance | 25 | |
| 9677174349 | under the weather | being unwell; sailors | 26 | |
| 9677186013 | road less traveled | acting independently, freeing himself from the conformity of others, generally making his own choices, and perhaps leaving a new trail that will become the road more often traveled | 27 | |
| 9677199429 | in the weeds | denotes when an individual or group is overwhelmed by challenges and difficulties | 28 | |
| 9677206983 | rainmaker | denotes who makes things happen, a "go-getter" | 29 |
