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| 4719718134 | loaves & fishes | - Biblical - An almost miraculous abundance in face of seeming scarcity - materialistic wealth | 0 | |
| 4719725667 | scheherazade | - Mythological/historical - a skilled storyteller - scheherazade gambit: "Don't kill me because I'm still useful to you" | 1 | |
| 4719729739 | Lot's wife | - Biblical - succumbing to temptation - regard, consider, or pay attention to sin - willful, deliberate sin can lead to death | 2 | |
| 4719731535 | Narcissus | - Mythological - narcissism = self love / vanity | 3 | |
| 4719732274 | Janus | - Mythological - 2 faced nature-deceit | 4 | |
| 4719733420 | All that glitters is not gold | - Idiom - Just because something looks pretty doesn't mean that it is valuable | 5 | |
| 4719733828 | Noble Savage | - Historical - common stereotype of indigenous people being simple-minded, but connected to nature, possessing wisdom and being uncorrupted | 6 | |
| 4719734953 | magnum opus | - Idiom - the largest/greatest work or achievement of its creator - the quintessential work of a particular author - "great work" in Latin | 7 | |
| 4719741681 | Catch 22 | - historical/idiom - expression used for "no-win situations" or "double bind" - tricky/disadvantageous condition/ a catch | 8 | |
| 4719746336 | Cassandra | - mythological - model for tragedy & romance - one that utters heedless prophecies | 9 | |
| 4719747059 | Tantalus | - mythological - "to tantalize" torment with something desired but out of reach | 10 | |
| 4719748287 | svengali | - idiom - evil person who controls another by deceit or persuasion - manipulative, controlling mentor exploiting student for own gains | 11 | |
| 4719748962 | white elephant | - historical - rare, expensive possession but financial burden to maintain - stuff no longer wanted | 12 | |
| 4719750728 | tabula rasa | - idiom - need/opportunity to start from the beginning - clean slate - fresh start | 13 | |
| 4719753386 | sword of damocles | - mythological - imminent peril; constant threat - a weapon used to keep everyone in line | 14 | |
| 4719754057 | golden calf | - biblical - money = object of worship - adoration of wealth - object of intense admiration/reverence | 15 | |
| 4719758736 | crossing the Rubicon | - Historical - past the point of no return - moral event horizon | 16 | |
| 4719759204 | siren | - mythological - "siren song" - hard to resist but will lead to bad things - beautiful but dangerous women | 17 | |
| 4719761523 | thirty pieces of silver | - biblical - traitor rewarded with betrayal in return - betrayal | 18 | |
| 4719765215 | ivory tower | - biblical - religious - noble purity & space of solitude - where academics remove themselves from the rest of society to study - being out of touch with reality | 19 | |
| 4719768084 | sound and fury | - idiom - great uproar & passionate exclaim that ultimately means nothing | 20 | |
| 4719768919 | pound of flesh | - idiom - payment/punishment involving suffering & sacrifice on part of punished person | 21 | |
| 4719771872 | Gordian knot | - mythological - "thinking out of the box" - the third option | 22 | |
| 4719775358 | tower of Babel | - biblical - noisy confusion | 23 | |
| 4719775500 | Prometheus | - mythological - human striving (quest of knowledge) - efforts to improve human existence results in tragedy | 24 | |
| 4719775793 | handwriting on the wall | - biblical - portent doom/misfortune - what could possibly go wrong? | 25 | |
| 4719776761 | Achilles heel | - mythological - deadly weakness that could potentially lead to downfall despite overall strength | 26 | |
| 4719777379 | witch hunt | - idiom/historical - well intention investigation that harms people - hysteria about secret enemies in community - people take advantage to fulfill grudges, etc. resulting in innocent getting hurt | 27 | |
| 4719780927 | muse | - mythological - "personal muse" - special person - guiding spirit or source of inspiration | 28 | |
| 4719781469 | red herring | - historical - something that draws attention from the central issue | 29 | |
| 4719781859 | albatross around one's neck | - idiom/historical - burden which some unfortunate person has to carry | 30 | |
| 4719783429 | bedlam | - idiom/historical - place of noisy uproar/confusion - insane, mental asylum | 31 | |
| 4719784044 | Nemesis | - mythological - one that takes revenge - opponent unable to beat or overcome | 32 | |
| 4719784858 | Don Quixote/Quixotic | - historical - caught up with romance of noble deeds & pursuit of unreachable goals - impractical idealist bent on bringing justice - foolish & impractical idealist | 33 | |
| 4719787357 | sold down the river | - historical - to betray a person for ones own benefits | 34 | |
| 4719787697 | doublespeak | - idiom - deliberately ambiguous/ evasive language - language that deliberately twists the words' nature - disguises nature of truth communication fail | 35 | |
| 4719789570 | scapegoat | - biblical - a person or thing that bears others' blames - even though not responsible | 36 | |
| 4719791347 | phoenix | - mythological - rebirth/immortality/renewal | 37 | |
| 4719792400 | forbidden fruit/ fall from grace | - biblical - gaining forbidden knowledge; loss of status | 38 | |
| 4719793219 | Mark of Cain | - biblical - person's sinful nature, mark of shame | 39 | |
| 4719793497 | to go native | - idiom - "When in Rome, do as the Romans do." - one visits new place/culture & becomes one of them | 40 | |
| 4719794142 | Lost Generation | - historical - while discussing high level of youth unemployment | 41 | |
| 4719794475 | Jim Crow | - historical - reserved/set aside for racial/ethnic groups to be discriminated against | 42 | |
| 4719795187 | The Exodus | - biblical - massive departure of people | 43 | |
| 4719795542 | The American Dream | - historical - idealistic beliefs that America is big place to achieve great things | 44 | |
| 4719797538 | Kafkaesque | - historical - surreal distortion/horror - sense of impending danger - related of Kafka's work, stories of troubled people in unfortunate worlds | 45 | |
| 4719800034 | Xanadu | - historical - idyllic beautiful place - splendor & opulence - exotic paradise | 46 | |
| 4719800473 | Waterloo | - historical - decisive, crushing defeat | 47 | |
| 4719800661 | Faustian Bargain | - mythological - wanting knowledge/power for the price of spiritual values - willing to sacrifice anything to satisfy a limiting desire for knowledge/power | 48 | |
| 4719802111 | To avoid one like the plague | - idiom - to keep far away from someone or something | 49 | |
| 4719802331 | Odysseus | - mythological - a hero who embarks on a journey facing challenges that could hinder his ambitions along the way | 50 |
