| A | B |
|---|
| Stealing Someone's Thunder | theatrical sound effect |
| Stealing Someone's Thunder | take credit for another's idea |
| Witch Hunt | 1692 |
| Witch Hunt | campaign against unorthodox people |
| Throw Down the Gauntlet | Knights issuing a challenge |
| Throw Down the Gauntlet | issue a challenge |
| Kafkaesque | The Metamorphosis |
| Kafkaesque | surreal, bizarre, anxiety-producing |
| Tower of Babel | attempt to reach heaven |
| Tower of Babel | confusion, especially in language |
| Pollyanna | children's story character who played glad game |
| Pollyanna | highly optimistic |
| Pavlov's Dogs/Pavlovian | ringing a bell as conditioned response |
| Pavlov's Dogs/Pavlovian | automatic response |
| The Muses | goddesses of inspiration |
| The Muses | inspiration in artistic, creative endeavors |
| Bedlam | mental hospital |
| Bedlam | wildly chaotic |
| Handwriting on the Wall | warning of doom to evil King recorded in Book of Daniel |
| Handwriting on the Wall | warning that doom is coming |
