Timeless Literary Idioms and Allusions
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Explore the hidden meanings behind obscure idioms drawn from classic literary works in this challenging crossword.
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Enigmatic Sayings of Timeless Classics
A crossword featuring obscure idioms derived from classic literature, challenging your knowledge of vintage phrases and their origins.
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Across
- 1. To initiate conversation, from Shakespeare's 'The Taming of the Shrew'.
- 2. An extremely complex problem, cut decisively rather than untied, from legend.
- 3. A misleading clue or distraction, popularized in detective fiction.
- 4. Referring to pilgrimage or storytelling journeys, from Chaucer's famous tales.
- 5. An elusive obsession, from Melville's 'Moby Dick'.
- 8. A burdensome curse or guilt, from Coleridge's 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'.
- 9. Symbolizing rebirth or resurrection from ashes, classic myth in literature.
Down
- 6. Something unpredictable or volatile, inspired by mercurial literary characters.
- 7. Pretending not to care for something one cannot have, from Aesop's fable.
- 10. Mistakenly using a wrong word with similar sound, from Sheridan's comedies.
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