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Those fireworks just exploded like the Death Star in Star Wars.
Fireworks had a big explosion.
The Fourth of July Fireworks Finale.
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I did not have one.

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Looks like the clock just struck 12.
Looks like your out of time.
You are doing a timed math worksheet  and the teacher says that when the time is up.
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to admit defeat to something after being to tired to fight against it

the  phase "Throw in the towel" originally comes from boxing when the boxer is to beat up to continue fighting the boxers coach will throw the boxers towel into the ring to signal that the fight can not continue  and that the fight is over

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When someone has to overcome something much larger than them.
Goliath was a giant and David was a kid. David took down Goliath with a sling and a single rock. African Americans and whites were like David and Goliath

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Any artificial or improbable device resolving the difficulties of a plot.
Many tragedy writers used Deus ex Machina to resolve complicated or even seemingly hopeless situations in the plots of their plays. Then out of the mist, a whirring of helicopter blades, and, deus ex machina, a man descends from the chopper to winch you aboard.

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An extremely wise and knowledgeable person/mentor.
Yoda is from Star Wars, it's a character off the Movie.
Did you know Yoda was Jewish?

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An underdog is a person or group in a competition, usually in sports and creative works, who is popularly expected to lose.
The first recorded uses of the term occurred in the second half of the 18th century, its first meaning was “beaten dog in a fight”.
Luke Skywalker is the underdog against Dark Vader.

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Refers to someone who unwisely chooses to look back once she or he has decided a course of action.
A guy named Lot, his wife, and two kids lived in the city of Sodom. God told him he was going to destroy the city, and he told them not to look back at the burning city. Lot’s wife looked back at the city and turned to a pillar of salt.
Someone who lets a previous mistake prevent them from making progress.

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Something that is normal or expected.
In golf, there is no loss and no gain for getting a par.
If someone would say that the weather was par for the course today, they meant that the weather was normal.
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This allusion is in referral to someone who is behaving in a frenzied or violent manner.
This allusion comes from old berserkers who fought with wild ferocity.
The Children were running around berserk.

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The prodigal son is used often to represent not being wasteful and to make smart decisions. This story originated in  Luke 15:11-32. There once was a father that had two sons.  One day the younger son said to his father, "Father, could you give me my inheritance?" (Inheritance is money the father would give his children after he had died.)  So the father thought about it and decided his sons could have the money now, and he split it evenly between them. One son stayed in the country, and saved the money. The other son moved out of the country and spent all of it immediately. When the son came back to ask for help the other brother didn't forgive his brother, but his father did forgive him.

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this allusion means that when you do something bad no matter how hard you try to make it better something bad will come back on you.

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This allusion is in referral to someone who is behaving in a frenzied or violent manner.

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Refers to someone who unwisely chooses to look back once she or he has decided a course of action.
Comes from a story in the Bible where a guy named Lot, his wife, and two kids lived in the city of Sodom. God told him he was going to destroy the city, and he told them not to look back at the burning city. Lot’s wife looked back at the city and turned to a pillar of salt.

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A burden or trial one must put up with.It alludes to the cross carried by Jesus to his crucifixion. Mowing the huge lawn once a week is my friends cross to bear.

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It means to barely beat a competitor in a competition that is taking place. This term comes from horse racing in the 1900’s, when two horse were really close together but one of them is ahead by an inch or two and only their nose is sticking out they call it a win by a nose. Benjamin won the district wide spelling bee but he only won by a nose.

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Hold back from doing or saying what you really think, not being completely honest so you don’t hurt somebody’s feelings. A boxing term meaning when you hit the other fighter you don’t hit him as hard as you can. Jason is a brutally honest guy, so if you can’t handle the truth then you better not as for his opinion, he can’t pull a punch. Dependent on the context

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Starting a duel/fight. Throwing down the gauntlet to start a duel in the medieval time. If the other person wishes to accept it he would pick up the gauntlet.

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A punishment to someone who has not followed directions from a boss, king, etc., or disagree with an order. During the captivity of Jews in Babylon, a Prophet, Daniel was against the command of the king, as a result, he was thrown in the lion’s den to be devoured. A worker wasn’t obeying his bosses directions and didn’t want to do what he ask him to do, so he was thrown into the lions den and got fired.

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Making a forceful move on somebody. A basketball term meaning to have a forceful shot where you are dunking the ball in the basket. She slam dunked you with the truth. Neutral

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It means when a captain is in their wheelhouse, that's a place of command and control. If you're in your wheelhouse, that's any situation where you feel comfortable and in control of the situation. Someone is on a game show and they are asked about sports  they may say, “That’s in my wheelhouse” because they know a lot of information about sports.

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A term that means to debate or want o be more heard than the other person. this term was used for a debate in 1950 when senator Joseph McCarthy tried attacking areas of the U.S. government to try to make him win. Most people when the debating something will use the term McCarthyism. Derogatory.

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When someone hurts somebody and then later the person who was hurt hurts the person who hurt them in the first place. It came from the bible, the israelites used it as a phrase of punishment when somebody hurt or killed someone they would be punished. Somebody killed someone and then they were arrested and then given the death penalty, he took a life then lost his own life because of it. Derogatory

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A task that is very hard to complete.
This allusion comes  from the story of Hercules and his twelve labors that are really challenging for him to complete.
Digging the tunnel was a herculean task.
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To admit defeat to something after being too tired to fight against it.
The phrase "throw in the towel" originally comes from boxing. When the boxer is too beat up to continue fighting, the boxer's coach will throw the bower's towel into the ring to signal that the boxer can't continue and that the fight is over.
The mountain hike was so difficult that Jimmy threw in his towel and started to hike back down.

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To punch someone when they are off guard. Boxers used this term, Jack Dempsey said that an unexpected punch was known as a sucker punch. A boxer punches their opponent unexpectedly and opponent is caught off guard. Derogatory.

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I believe it meant don't get too cocky. Icarus flies too high and the wax on his feathers melt and he falls into the ocean and drowns. It came from Greek mythology.

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The phrase "Big Brother is watching you" shows a dictator’s mindset of a Big Brother.
This phrase was originally used in  George Orwell's the third paragraph of the first part of his political satire, “1984.”
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A person who is blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes, or faults of others, especially for reasons of expediency.
A boy broke a vase in his house. His mother comes home and the boy blamed his sister. His mother knew his sister was at a friends house and couldn't break the vase. She says, "why would you scapegoat your sister, you broke the vase not her".
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(Mrs. Murphy's Example)
To blindly follow someone, even if following that person or idea will lead to suffering. Cult leader Jim Jones forced his followers to drink poison kool-aid and kill themselves in 1979.
A friend is hanging out with the wrong people. Now she just got caught shoplifting cigarettes. No matter what we say, she is still drinking her friends’ kool-aid.

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The last part of a race, stage, or campaign.
It is said that as a horse gets nearer to a barn, it moves faster because it is excited to go home.
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A fair bargain or treatment.
The square deal was orignially a deal made by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1910 to conserve natural resources, control coporations, and consumer protection.
Jimmy traded two strands of white lights for one strand of colored lights. It was a very square deal.

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a phrase used to wish an individual or group good luck or good will, one that expressed the speaker's wish that the Force work in the favor of the addressee.
A class has a test today. Before the test the teaches says, "good luck and may the force be with you."
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a football move famously known for throwing the football down the field to a receiver at the Touchdown zone. The Rockets won with a Hail Mary. A move with such a little chance of success that you have to Hail Mary.
The Dallas Cowboys threw a Hail Mary and won the Super Bowl.