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16 Cards in this Set
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left handed compliment
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category - literature/idioms
background-left handedness was considered wierd |
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Icarus
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category - myth
background - from greek mythology a man and sun thrown in prisonmade wings so he can fly away and went to close to the sun and died. |
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Bread and Circuses
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category - history
background-Roman times used to distract people from conditions |
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Peas
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category - literature
background- |
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Tabula Rasa
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category-language/idiom
background-a term made up by John Locke |
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Waterloo
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category-history
background-a village in Poland where Napoleon was defeated; it was the end of his career |
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nimby
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category:language
background-not in my backyard |
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tantalus
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category-mythologu
background-a greek who upset the gods and suffered eternal thirst and hunger |
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The emperors new clothes
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category-literature
someone pointing out that someone is false |
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Golden Calf
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category-biblical
background-something in old times that was worshipped but wasn't worthy of worship |
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Sword of Damocles
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category-myth/legend
background:Damieleas was a coutier of Dinosis. Dinosis let Damieleas be king for one day. |
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Non Sequiter
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Category-language/idiom
background-nonsequiteris latin for does not follow |
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Fiddle while Rome burns
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category-history
background-king was playing violin whil Rome was burning |
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white elephant
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category-rare
background-white/albina elephant occurs in nature. They are given to the king and took alot of money and did nothing |
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Svengali
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'a person who completely dominates and controls another, usually for selfish or sinister motives'
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Deus Ex machine
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"The god from the machine"
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