examples for allusion test

Flanderize

In the office Kevin goes from a believable account in the early season to a bumbling idiot who can’t perform basic math.

Monkeys paw

We complained how Mr kudelas room was always so cold and in return our wish was granted by the ac breaking.

Rorschach test

Riverdale uses the Rorschach test to demonstrate how messed up Betty’s mind is when she sees the blots of ink.

Nemesis

Batman and the joker are nemesis because the joker represents chaos and Batman represents order.

Murphy law

Right when I decided to watch a show on Netflix, Netflix removes it and now it is on a streaming service I don’t have.

Tilting windmills

Arguing with my mom about going to my friends house is just tilting at windmills, she will never change her mind

Shibboleth

My friends and I use fruit names for boys TAHT only we know who is which fruit

Albatross around ones neck

Me accidentally mixing up the gas and the brake is the albatross around my neck. I am still haunted from when I hit a car.

Sour grapes

My friend was turned down by someone she really liked and claimed that she wasn’t really interested in him after all.

Scapegoat

My brother was a scapegoat when all of his friends did something that he had nothing to do with but still got all the blame for it.

Doublespeak

The company said they weee downsizing but what the really meant was they were paying people off

Juggernaut

The tech giant has become a juggernaut in the smartphone market.

The hurricane was a juggernaut because it left home leveled and businesses in its path

Pyrrhic victory

The homecoming wind was a pyrrhic victory Because several key players were in individual will probably be out for the rest of the season

Promethean

A promethean person is like an athlete pushing the limits of human endurance at the Olympics

Bedlam

The hallway was a bedlam on the last day of school before summer and the final bell had just rung.

Sold down the river

I felt as though I was sold down the river when my best friend revealed the biggest secret I had told them.