Allusions 16-30 Flashcards

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Bread and Circuses

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Distributing free food as an appeal in Colessium/ policies that keep that people happy and distract from the issues

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Deus ex machina

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Actor lowered from mechane and appeared to be flying/ any surprising events that makes things alright

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Tabula Rasa

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Blank slate/Someone uninfluenced

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Tantalus

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Was a king who suffers from eternal hunger and thirst/something desirable that is withheld

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NIMBY

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People insists that these situations be moved away from them/ not in my back yard

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Waterloo

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Napoleon Bonaparte finally defeated/ to meet ones defeat

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Emperor’s New Clothes

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Two tailors tricked the emporer into no clothes; baby shouted out he’s naked/pointing out a falseness especially when others are afraid to admit the truth

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Left Handed Compliment

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Left hand is negative/ a compliment that is rude/you throw well for a girl

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Sword of Damocles

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Damocles was sat under a sword hanging from a string in the Kings chair/awareness of impending or imminent danger

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Svengali

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Svengali was a singing master who taught Trilby to sing but when he died Trilby could no longer sing/person who exercises excessive control or influence over another person

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Non sequitur

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It does not follow/a statement unrelated to what was said before

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White elephant

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Rare and considered special; no use so King gave it to those who displeased him/an object that has no use to its owner and may even represent a financial burden or inconvenience

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Fiddle while Rome

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Nero played a violin while a fire consumed half of Rome/to show indifference in the midst of an emergency or disaster

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Icarus/Fly too close to the sun

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To fail or to be destroyed because of a lack of caution

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