Green-Eyed Monsters & Good Samaritans: Literary Allusions in Everyday Language Condition:Very Good Whether well-established names or hidden

Whether well-established names or hidden gems

and Shirina—were never close and barely got along growing up

Dreena turns her attention to celebratory food—imaginative

who are contemptuous of their daughter's prodigious talents

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Green-Eyed Monsters & Good Samaritans: Literary Allusions in Everyday Language Condition:Very Good Whether well-established names or hiddenHow King Midas's touch became golden and other stories behind everyday phrases, idioms, and literary allusions. Finding silver would not spark the same excitement if all a prospector could say was, "There it is!" nor would anyone be menacing with the moniker "Arthur the Somewhat Disgruntled." But thanks to thousands of years of evolving language, we have words and phrases like "Eureka!" and "Attila the Hun" that bring color and vibrancy to our