vulnerable point {Achilles' heel}.
disaster {act of God}.
England {Albion}.
veterans' group {American Legion}.
room with full breakfast {American Plan}.
England {Anglia}.
rural paradise {Arcadia, paradise}.
world's end {Armageddon}.
lost continent {Atlantis}.
classic period {Augustan Age}.
western island paradise {Avalon}.
bourgeois {Babbitt}.
sinful place {Babylon, sinful}.
guidebook {Baedeker}.
dandy {Beau Brummel}.
boo or raspberry {Bronx cheer}.
paper lamp {Chinese lantern, lamp}.
states whose main religion is Christianity {Christendom}.
first name {Christian name}.
rags to riches person {Cinderella}.
goddess of wisdom and skill {Columbia, goddess}.
British royal court {Court of St. James}.
take decisive step {cross the Rubicon}.
sea bottom {Davy Jones's locker}.
day action starts {D-day}.
library classification system {Dewey decimal system}.
United States honor {Distinguished Service Medal}.
lothario {Don Juan}.
doubter {doubting Thomas}.
female pays {Dutch}.
generous uncle {Dutch uncle}.
paradise {Eden, paradise}.
rich paradise {El Dorado}.
USA television award {Emmy}.
room with no breakfast {European plan}.
carouser {Falstaff}.
person controlled by the devil {Faust}.
vertical wheel ride at fair {Ferris wheel}.
ghost sailing ship {Flying Dutchman}.
riders at the Apocalypse including conquest on white horse, war on red horse, famine on black horse, and plague on gray horse {Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse}.
high society {Four Hundred}.
mixed-origin monster {Frankenstein}.
secret-cult member {Freemason}.
giant {Gargantua}.
fast and successful conclusion {Garrison finish}.
last land {Gibraltar, end}.
female assistant {girl Friday}.
FBI agent {G-man}.
farewell {Godspeed}.
giant {Goliath}.
time standard {Greenwich time}.
string panty {G-string}.
cigar {Havana, cigar}.
choosing between small thing and nothing {Hobson's choice} {Hobson choice}.
evangelist {Holy Joe}.
strong defender {Horatius at the bridge}.
slim bowling-pin-shaped club {Indian club}.
two fingers in V shown behind head {Indian sign}.
elite {Ivy League}.
biting cold {Jack Frost}.
Junior Chamber of Commerce member {Jaycee}.
alternating personalities {Jekyll and Hyde}.
drunkard {John Barleycorn}.
signature {John Hancock}.
signature {John Henry}.
female lover {Juliet}.
small celluloid doll {Kewpie doll}.
service club {Kiwanis}.
Catholic service club {Knights of Columbus}.
Santa Claus {Kris Kringle}.
southern night riders {Ku Klux Klan}.
city area where many people are from countries that use Romance languages {Latin Quarter}.
artistic area {Left Bank}.
French honorary society {Legion of Honor}.
USA military honor {Legion of Merit}.
easy life {life of Riley}.
seductive female demon {Lilith}.
small {Lilliputian}.
insurance company {Lloyd's of London}.
devil {Lucifer}.
military rifle {M-1 rifle}.
lifejacket {Mae West}.
criminal organization {Mafia}.
small town {Main Street}.
male assistant {man Friday}.
Fat Tuesday before Ash Wednesday {Mardi Gras}.
teacher {Mark Hopkins}.
border between Maryland and Pennsylvania {Mason-Dixon line}.
first day in May {May Day}.
danger call {Mayday}.
Pilgrim ship {Mayflower}.
unfairly hunting out communists and sympathizers {McCarthyism}.
genuine article {McCoy}.
Legion of Merit medal {Medal for Merit}.
highest USA military honor {Medal of Honor}.
poison drink {Mickey Finn}.
king requiring sacrifice {Moloch}.
bottle filled with flammable liquid {Molotov cocktail}.
telegraph code {Morse code}.
nursery rhymes {Mother Goose}.
loose dress {Mother Hubbard}.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police person {Mountie}.
propriety enforcer {Mrs. Grundy}.
USA reserve military force {National Guard}.
anxious person {nervous Nellie}.
economic reforms enacted during Great Depression {New Deal}.
overwhelming flow {Niagra}.
king of the fairies {Oberon}.
western world {Occident}.
service club {Odd Fellow}.
USA flag {Old Glory}.
devil {Old Nick}.
eastern world {Orient}.
USA movie award {Oscar}.
public address system {PA system}.
huge lumberjack {Paul Bunyan}.
voyeur {Peeping Tom}.
top-quality lawyer {Philadelphia lawyer}.
People {Pollyanna} can be always sunny.
man in line for British throne {Prince of Wales}.
train sleeping car {Pullman car}.
marionette or puppet show {Punch-and-Judy show}. Punch is fat and short buffoon, and Judy is harassing woman.
Punch or buffoon {Punchinello}.
USA medal for injury in battle {Purple Heart}.
success but with high cost {Pyrrhic victory}.
French diplomatic corps {Quai d'Orsay}.
service organization for help in disasters {Red Cross}.
USA college student selected to study at Oxford University {Rhodes scholar}.
person unaware of recent happenings {Rip Van Winkle}.
People {Robin Hood} can take from rich and give to poor.
Isolated people {Robinson Crusoe} cannot come home.
male lover {Romeo}.
key to understanding {Rosetta stone}.
service club {Rotarian}.
Soldiers {Roughrider} can have fought in Spanish-American War.
Religious service organizations {Salvation Army} can help needy.
People {Samaritan} can stop to help unfortunate persons.
strong man {Samson}.
loyal servant or companion {Sancho Panza}.
storyteller {Scheherazade}.
British detective police {Scotland Yard}.
USA-president protectors {Secret Service}.
housing voucher {Section Eight}.
moral discourse {Sermon on the Mount}.
paradise {Shangri-la}.
greedy merchant {Shylock}.
slavedriver {Simon Legree}.
Confederate flag {Stars and Bars}.
USA flag {Stars and Stripes}.
USA flag {Star-Spangled Banner}.
Statue of Columbia {Liberty Lighting the World} stands in New York City harbor {Statue of Liberty}.
magician or escape artist {Svengali}.
joint movements and long strokes {Swedish massage} {Swedish movements}.
Scottish wool bonnet for men with pompom {Tam O'Shanter}.
corrupt political organization {Tammany}.
natural man {Tarzan}.
jazz {Tin Pan Alley}.
queen of the fairies {Titania}.
small person {Tom Thumb}.
USA drama award {Tony}.
Gift can gain advantage {Trojan horse}.
no difference {Tweedledum and Tweedledee}.
honored unidentified soldier {Unknown Soldier}.
rocket {V-1}.
victory day {V-day}.
British military honor {Victoria Cross}.
stock exchange and business center {Wall Street}.
Mocker {Wandering Jew} of Jesus at his crucifixion must roam forever.
USA-president residence {White House}.
British government district {Whitehall}.
accurate and daring marksman {William Tell}.
paradise {Xanadu}.
Socrates' harassing wife {Xanthippe}.
young unconventional artist or aggressive and ambitious person {Young Turk}.
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