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96 Cards in this Set
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Jabberwocky
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nonsensical speech or writing
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Machivellian
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deceitful or sly especially in politics; the end justifies the means
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Mentor
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teacher, counselor, advisor, coach
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Cheshire Cat Grin
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smug grin, sly grin, know it all grin
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Sour Grapes
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to despise something that you really want because you cant have it; someone with a bad attitude
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Amazon
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large, agressive, strong willed female
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Judas
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traitor, hypocrite, betrayor
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Samson
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a strong male
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Cut the Gordian Knot
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a single simple solution to a complex problem
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Narcissus
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vain, conceited person
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Garden of Eden
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paradise on earth
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Oedipus Complex
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a son's abnormal attraction to his mother, and resemtment or hatred towards his father
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Electra Complex
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a daughter's abnormal attraction to her father, and resentment or hatred towards her mother
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Pollyanna
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an overly optimistic and naieve young girl
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Wisdom of Solomon
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a very wise person
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Patience of Job;
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extremely patient, extremely patient person;
friends who make a bad situation worse, "with friends like these, who needs enemies?" |
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Pandora's Box
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any source of unending trouble or sorrow
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Lilliputian
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small minded or petty person
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Herculalean Effort; Herculalean Task
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to put forth a great effort
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Midas Touch
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the golden touch; a lucky or successful person especially in regards to money
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Dog in the Manger
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selfish or spiteful person
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Fight like Kilkenny Cats
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fight to the death; fight to the bitter end
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Siren
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an alluring and attractive female
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Lackey
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the lowest of servants
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Cyclopean Attitude
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a narrow minded person
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Janus
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a two-faced person; one who makes decisions for the future based on knowledge and experience of the past
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Patience of Penelope
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faithfullness, fidelity
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Doubting Thomas
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one who has to see it to believe it
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Caught Between Scylla and Charybdis
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caught between a rock and a hard place; caught between the devil and the deep blue sea; out of the frying pan and into the fire
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Casanova
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ladie's man
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Hobson's Choice
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no true choice, choice with no alternative
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Promethiean Heat
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to endure self sacrifice
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Simon Legree
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a task master or slave driver
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Adonis
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a handsome young male
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As Old as Methuselah
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very old
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Scrooge
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a miserly callous person
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Trojan Horse; "Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts"
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to defeat from within through deception
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Prodigal Son
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a wayward son who leaves home, sins, repents, and returns home and is forgiven
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Damon and Pythias
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unconditional friendship; true friendship
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Jezebel
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woman of loose morals; prostitute
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Achilles Heel
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weak spot, vulnerability
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Tilt at the Windmills
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to fight imaginary foes
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Cassandra
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prophet who no one beleives
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Tantalize
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tease, taunt
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Big Brother
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any government that inbavades the privacy of its citizens
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Brave New World
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a society of sterile uniformity and soulessness
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Jekyll and Hyde
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a split personality, usually one is good and the other is bad
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Argus-eyed
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ever watchful; jealously watchful
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Ananias
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a liar
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Catch-22
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a rule for a person in a problematic situation that denies the only solution for the situation; a no-win situation
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Loose Cannon
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an unpredictable and potentially dangerous person
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Malapropism; Mrs. Malaprop
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the humorous misuse of words
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Pyrrhic Victory
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a victory that is no true victory
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Heart of Darkness
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the dark and evil side of man's nature
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Phoenix
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ressurection, rebirth, renewal
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Elisian Fields (Elysium); Valhalla
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heaven
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He Met his Waterloo
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final and ultimate defeat
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Nemesis
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unbeatable rival
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Peeping Tom
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one who spies on others for sexual pleasure
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Kiss of Death
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any gesture of impending danger, death, or doom
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Good Samaritan
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someone who helps a stranger in distress
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Exodus
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a mass exit or departure
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Three-ring Circus
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noisy confusion resulting from too many events happening simultaneously
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Scapegoat
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person who is made to take the blame for others
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Doublespeak
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meaningless contradictory speech or writing
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Holy Grail
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an unattainable subject of a quest or journey
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Lazarus
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raised from the dead
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Maginot Line
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a line of defense that is easily outmeneuvered
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Ugly American
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a rude or crude person visiting a foriegn land
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Colossal; "Bestrides the World like a Colossus"
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larger than life; having too much power
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Yellow Brick Road
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the path taken to find your heart's desire
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Chimera
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a grotesque figment of the imagination
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Camelot
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an ideal place; seat of government; an ideal place where youth and beauty reign
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Yahoo
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a crude, ignorant, and stupid person
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Uncle Tom
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and overly submissive or subservient person
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Chaos
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mayhem; uproar; pandemonium
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White Elephant
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any possession that is too costly to mantian, yet cannot be done away with
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Labyrinth
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maze
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Evil Empire
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any government that uses fear and terror to supress its citizens
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Jacob's Ladder; Climbing Jacob's Ladder
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steps taken to achieve sucsess
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Nirvana
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a state of blissfullness and enlightenment
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Davy Jones's Locker
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bottom of the sea
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Murphy's Law
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if anything can go wrong, it will go wrong
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Crossing the Rubicon
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taking an irriversible step
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Silent Majority
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majority of populus that does not speak its views or have its views heard
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Lamb to the Slaughter
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an innocent person unknowingly or naievely led to their demise
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Babylon
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a wealthy yet godless/wicked society
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utopia
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a perfect or ideal society
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Atlas
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a person who must bear an incredibly strong load
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Thirty Pieces of Silver
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money given or received for a betrayal; blood money
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The Handwriting on the Wall
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an ominous sigh of disastrous events to come
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Forbidden Fruit
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something greatly desired yet prohibited
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Sisyphean Task
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any endless or fruitless task
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Shangri-La
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an ideal place; paradise on earth
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Pandemonium
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uproar, mayhem, chaos
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Svengali
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soemone who controls and manipulates others by force of will
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