suspended from the ceiling by a single thread

Crane with a harness for an actor

easily kept in line with free food

fruit hung overhead, waters recede

Allusions :) Flashcards

1

Golden Calf

absolute control
breaks stone tablets
Seated in the kings chair
Trilby

2

Swords of Damocles

suspended from the ceiling by a single thread
doubtful sincerity
violin
book of exodus

3

Deus ex Machina

Crane with a harness for an actor
writer during the time of the Roman Empire
Imperial government
wings constructed by Daedalus

4

Bread and circuses

unaffected by experience
unexpectedly appear
Daedalus
easily kept in line with free food

5

Svengali

banquet
a character in Trilby
absolute control
Shakespeare's Macbeth

6

Icarus/fly too close to the sun

from language and idioms
from history, culture and ideas
from mythology and legend
from literature

7

water loo

Napoleonic wars
boundary river
ships are lost at sea
used to describe something rare

8

White Elephant

idol
something people worship
beasts of burden
flattered

9

The emperor's new outfit

offended the Gods
invisible to a person who is stupid or unfit for office
John Locke
the wind blew the boughs out of his reach

10

Tabula Rasa

blank state
entertaining spectacles
signifying nothing
solving a seemingly hopeless p

11

Nimby

water up to his chin
NOT IN MY BACKYARD!
save the hero or heroine
lowered from the ceiling

12

Non-Sequitur

it does not follow
burden
Mt Sinal
ten commandments

13

Left handed compliment

doubtful sincerity
impending dangers
Roman emperor Nero
calf

14

Fiddle While Rome Burns

betrayed jesus to the authorities
incapable of appreciating something of value
english common law
disregard

15

Tantalus

fruit hung overhead, waters recede
colosseum
god from the mechane
fell to his death

Allusions :)

Questions 15

Allusions :)

Questions 15