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Set Four: Idioms
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English
12th Grade
01/05/2012

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Albatross around one's neck
Definition
An annoying burden
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Alma Mater
Definition
The school or university from which one graduated; school official song.
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Between a rock and a hard place
Definition
faced with two equally dangerous or difficult choices or situations.
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Born with a silver spoon in one's mouth
Definition
Born into a wealthy family
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C'est la vie
Definition
"That's life" ; an expression used to play down some minor disappointments.
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Faustian Bargain
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from the story of Faust who traded his soul for knowledge. Willing to sacrifice anything to satisfy a limitless desire for knowledge or power.

 

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Je ne sais quoi
Definition
That little something; a quality that eludes description. "I don't know what"
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WASP
Definition
Acronym for "White Anglo-Saxon Protestant" member of what many consider to be the most privileged and influential group in American Society.
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Red herring
Definition
Something designed to divert an opponents attention from the central issue
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Method in the madness
Definition
If there's method in someone's madness, they do things in a strange and unorthodox way, but manage to get results.
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