Idioms from history, myth and literature
Idioms & fixed expressions · C2 · 16 words
About this vocabulary deck
Sixteen C2 idioms from Greek myth, history and classic books, with clear meanings and modern examples.
- Level
- C2
- Topic
- Idioms & fixed expressions
- Theme
- Word power
- Words
- 16 words with meanings and examples
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First words in the deck
- Achilles' heel — a small but serious weakness in a person or thing that could lead to failure
- a Pyrrhic victory — a success that has cost so much that it is hardly worth having
- cross the Rubicon — to take a decision or action that commits you to a course from which you cannot go back