alusions 75-90

Giving a superfluous gift, gratuitos and unecessary

• Coals of Newcastle

• Methuselah

• Holy Grail

• Babylon

An unintentional or accidental error

• Freudian SLip

• Sisyphus

• Xandu

• Pass the buck

Seemingly endless, perhaps futile task

• Sisyphus

• Coals of new castle

• Luddites

• Phoenix

Extremely old person

• Methuselah

• Holy grail

• Witch hunt

• Xanadu

Between two equal dangers, avoiding one means getting closer to the other

• Seylla and Charybdis

• Babylon

• Coals of newcastle

• Rising from the ashes

Extremely desirable or valuable, long and difficult quest

• Holy Grail

• Pass the buck

• Sine qua non

• Throw down the gaunlet

Opposes change, especially industrial or technological

• Luddites

• Xandau

• Freudian Slip

• Witch Hunt

Shift responsibility (and often blame) to another person

• Pass the buck

• Seylla and Charybdis

• Sine qua non

• Muck rackers

Place of decadence and corruption

• Babylon

• Methuselah

• Sisyphus

• Xanadu

Symbolize rebirth or resurrection, surmounting great obstacles

• Phoenix

• Holy Grail

• Pass the buck

• Muckrackers