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  • This job is like pulling a sword out of a stone.
    King Arthur Legend an almost impossible task
  • His smile is like kryptonite to me.
    Superman’s weakness
  • I feel like Sisyphus trying to write this paper.
    allusion to Sisyphus pushing a boulder uphill every day
  • My math teacher is he who must not be named.
    Voldemort from the Harry Potter series
  • She was looking like Venus for the Homecoming dance.
    alluding to the goddess of beauty
  • You may be opening Pandora’s box if you ask too many questions.
    alluding to Pandora’s myth of letting trouble into the world
  • Trying to juggle all my classes makes me feel like Atlas.
    allusion to Atlas carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders
  • She smiles like a Cheshire cat.
    Alice in Wonderland the character with a big wide grin
  • When I met her, I was shot by the arrow of love
    allusion to Cupid
  • She felt like she had a golden ticket.
    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  • He is a regular Uncle Sam on the 4th of July.
    a patriot, government of people of the United States; derived from Uncle Sam, a business man in the 1900s.
  • He is like Narcissus with that mirror.
    allusion to Narcissus can’t stop staring at himself
  • I wish I could just click my heels.
    The Wizard of Oz
  • Thankfully my assigned partner on the project is a real Einstein.
    Albert Einstein famous for being a brilliant scientist
  • Trying to get a job in this field is a real Catch-22 right out college.
    Catch-22 by Joseph Heller. It refers to a dilemma or paradox with no apparent resolution.
  • I never know how he will act since he is like Jekyll and Hyde.
    Jekyll and Hyde characters. a capricious person with two sides to his personality
  • Coffee is my Achilles’ heel
    alluding to the one weakness of Achilles
  • If I’m not home by midnight, my car might turn into a pumpkin.
    Cinderella her coach was made from a pumpkin and it means there will be consequences if not home on time.
  • He thinks he is some type of caped crusader.
    Batman a hero out to save everyone
  • What a Scrooge! He didn't give anyting to the charity.
    Scrooge from Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.
  • Arizona is hot as Hades in the summer.
    alluding to the god of death / king of the underworld excessively hot
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