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12 Cards in this Set
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Holy grail |
Object of a spiritual quest for ideal |
A cure for cancer is the holy grail of medical research |
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Lamb to the slaughter |
Sacrifice of an innocent to cover sins |
Even though the president was the one who broke the law the vice president was to trial like a lamb to the slaughter |
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Turn the other cheek |
Offering no resistance to wrongdoing |
Mlk advocated turn the other cheek attitude and did not respond violently when police attacked his protests |
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Fall of a sparrow |
God's guidance in any situation |
I was gonna go to the beach instead of writing my essay but like the fall of a sparrow my car broke done |
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Swords into ploughshares |
Restoration in the aftermath of war |
Many think that America's economic success after world War 2 was because we beat our swords into ploughshares |
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Apocryphal |
Unknown author |
I tried to find out who wrote me the apocryphal valinrines day card |
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Dead bury their dead |
Not considering the past or the lost |
While in was was sad that my friend didn't make it through team tryouts i decided to let the dead bury the dead |
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Lilies or the field |
Spirt more important than material matters |
My friend was the lilies or the field |
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Epistle |
Letter |
I got and epistle from my friend to tell me how she was doin |
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Pearls before swine |
Offering gifts for those who cannot appreciate them |
I have my friend a gift but he was pearls before swine of it |
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Thirty pieces of silver |
Price for betrayal |
I got thirty pieces of silver when i cheated with my friends girlfriend |
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Golden calf |
Materialism |
Many people have to much debt because they worship the golden calf |
