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Allusions: Volume One: Nimby - Fiddle While Rome Burns
Allusions: Volume One: Nimby - Fiddle While Rome Burns
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| Nimby | acronym |
| Nimby | keeping unpleasant realities distant |
| Waterloo | Napoleon's final battle |
| Waterloo | ultimate, decisive defeat |
| Emperor's New Clothes | Hans Christian Andersen |
| Emperor's New Clothes | exposing pretentiousness |
| Left-handed Compliment | doubtful sincerity |
| Left-handed Compliment | insulting |
| Golden Calf | Moses |
| Golden Calf | idol |
| Sword of Damocles | king's banquet |
| Sword of Damocles | impending danger |
| Svengali | Trilby character who exercises complete control |
| Svengali | excessive control |
| Non Sequitur | does not follow |
| Non Sequitur | logical fallacy in which the conclusion does not match the previous premises |
| White Elephant | King of Siam |
| White Elephant | financial burden |
| Fiddle While Rome Burns | Nero |
| Fiddle While Rome Burns | indifference in the midst of an emergency |
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