| A | B |
|---|
| Philistines | Goliath |
| Philistines | no appreciation for culture |
| Faust | character who bargained with the devil |
| Faust | sacrificing one's values to get something |
| Coals to Newcastle | English town |
| Coals to Newcastle | superfluous gift |
| Freudian Slip | psychotherapist who studied the subconscious mind |
| Freudian Slip | error that reveals true desires |
| Sisyphus | King who was punished in Hades for offending Zeus |
| Sisyphus | endless, perhaps futile task |
| Methuselah | oldest Biblical patriarch |
| Methuselah | extremely old person |
| Scylla and Charybdis | narrow strait |
| Scylla and Charybdis | caught between two equal dangers |
| Holy Grail | Knights of the Round Table sought this object |
| Holy Grail | object obtained after a difficult quest |
| Luddites | British laborers |
| Luddites | someone who is opposed to change |
| Pass the Buck | Harry Truman used this expression to describe his desire to get things done and take responsibility for his actions |
| Pass the Buck | shift responsibility and blame to someone else |
| Babylon | place of Jewish exile, ancient city known for luxury and corruption |
| Babylon | decadent place |
| Phoenix | mythological bird |
| Phoenix | rebirth |
| Xanadu | magnificent residence in ancient Mongolia |
| Xanadu | magnificent place |
| Muckrakers | Theodore Roosevelt's name for journalists |
| Muckrakers | those who expose corruption |
| Sine qua non | Latin phrase |
| Sine qua non | essential ingredient without which a situation would be impossible |
