Kulturelle Anspielungen
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Shakespeare & Biblical References
to be or not to be
/tə biː ɔːr nɒt tə biː/
Buy a house or rent? It's a to-be-or-not-to-be moment.
the elephant in the room
/ði ˈelɪfənt ɪn ðə ruːm/
Nobody mentioned the elephant in the room.
a Trojan horse
/ə ˈtroʊdʒən hɔːrs/
The free trial turned out to be a Trojan horse.
Achilles' heel
/əˈkɪliːz hiːl/
Maths was always my Achilles' heel.
Historical & Political References
meet your Waterloo
/miːt jɔːr ˌwɔːtərˈluː/
Every champion meets their Waterloo eventually.
cross the Rubicon
/krɒs ðə ˈruːbɪkɒn/
Once you sign, you've crossed the Rubicon.
Big Brother
/bɪɡ ˈbrʌðər/
Surveillance cameras everywhere — Big Brother indeed.
Literary References
Catch-22
/kætʃ ˌtwenti ˈtuː/
You need experience to get hired — a real Catch-22.
down the rabbit hole
/daʊn ðə ˈræbɪt hoʊl/
I went down the rabbit hole researching this topic.
a Pyrrhic victory
/ə ˈpɪrɪk ˈvɪktəri/
Winning the case was a Pyrrhic victory — it cost a fortune.
Modern Pop-culture References
take the red pill
/teɪk ðə red pɪl/
Once you read the report, you've taken the red pill.
jump the shark
/dʒʌmp ðə ʃɑːrk/
That show jumped the shark in season five.
the dark side
/ðə dɑːrk saɪd/
He left finance and joined the dark side — academia.
a unicorn
/ə ˈjuːnɪkɔːrn/
She's a unicorn — both technical and creative.