Allusions 1-20 English 2

From the poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, this references something that is an ongoing promblem.

• Juggernaut

• Albatross Around One's Neck

• Sour Grapes

• Flash in the Pan

I felt my friend ______________ when she decided to audition for the part she knew I was dying to have.

• Nemesis

• Prometheus

• Sold Me Down the River

• Albatross Around One's Neck

In Greek mythology, this demigod was known for his cunning. He represents resistance to authority or rebellion.

• Pharisees

• Nemesis

• Sour Grapes

• Prometheus

A term that has come to mean "wildly chaotic" or "extremely raucous and noisy."

• Juggernaut

• Sour Grapes

• Red Herring

• Bedlam

This woman was the goddess of vengeance and retribution. She punished people for wrongdoing, especially for excessive pride.

• Nemesis

• Prometheus

• The Muses

• Kafkaesque

Diverting someone onto a false trail or distracting a person from the true issue.

• Pollyanna

• Bedlam

• Red Herring

• Sold Down the River

The homecoming win was a _______ ______ because several key players were injured and will probably be out for the rest of the season.

• Flash in the Pan

• Witch Hunt

• Stealng Someone's Thunder

• Phyrrhic Victory

A campaign against a particular group of people.

• Witch Hunt

• Juggernaut

• Sour Grapes

• Tower of Babel

Name of a Hindu deity, his image is carried in an annual procession on a large cart where devotees threw themselves in front of the cart and were crushed.

• Prometheus

• Juggernaut

• Pharisees

• Sold Down the River

Something or someone who initially shows great promise, but soon fails.

• Sour Grapes

• Pollyanna

• The Muses

• Flash in the Pan