| A | B |
|---|
| Scapegoat | Day of Atonement |
| Scapegoat | one who is unfairly blamed |
| Don Quixote | Cervantes hero of romance |
| Don Quixote | foolish idealism |
| Benedict Arnold | American Revolution military leader who made poor choices |
| Benedict Arnold | traitor |
| Delphic Oracle | Temple of Apollo where prophecies were proclaimed |
| Delphic Oracle | difficult to interpret, a riddle |
| Over a Barrel | method to save people from drowning |
| Over a Barrel | unable to act independently |
| Shibboleth | Hebrew word for ear of corn which was used as a password |
| Shibboleth | password |
| Doublespeak | George Orwell's idea about ambiguous language |
| Doublespeak | evasive language |
| Murphy's Law | the idea that if something can go wrong, it will |
| Murphy's Law | inevitability of error or failure |
| Medusa | Gorgon who turned people to stone and suffered from a continual "bad hair" day |
| Medusa | terrifying woman |
| Hoist with one's own petard | medieval warfare weapon |
| Hoist with one's own petard | one's trap backfires |
