SPHINX-LIKE (SPHINXLIKE) and MEMORABILIA

From Sampath’s Desk:

 

SPHINX-LIKE (SPHINXLIKE) and MEMORABILIA

 





The Great Sphinx at Giza, Egypt


 

SPHINX-LIKE (or) SPHINXLIKE:


 

 

A SPHINX is a type of mythical character that is believed to possess the human head and lion's body. The sphinx is an evil and cruel creature that asks riddles and those who cannot answer it have suffered the fate of being killed and eaten by the monster, according to mythological stories.


 

Pronunciation:

 

S-finx-like – ஸ்-ஃபிங்ஸ்

 

Meaning:

 

Literally, it means a hybrid monster described as having a woman’s head and a winged lion's body, which plagued Thebes until Oedipus solved its riddle.

 

As an idiom, it means - like the Sphinx, it is enigmatic or inscrutable – mysterious and not allowing people to know what you are thinking – difficult to interpret or understand

 

 

Example sentences:

 

It is as vexing as the SPHINX-LIKE riddle.

 

He sat silently with a SPHINX-LIKE smile on his face.

 

People voted out the Congress party in 2014 because it maintained a SPHINX-LIKE silence when its alliance partners indulged in large-scale corruption.

 

The sphinx-like silence by all those at the seat of power and helm of affairs over the years has only fostered a culture of impunity.

 

 

 

MEMORABILIA:

 

Pronunciation:

 

Meme-ra-biliya – மெமெ-ர-(b)பிலிய

 

Meaning:

 

Memorable or noteworthy things of a person or occasion or event – objects that are collected because they are connected with a person or event that are thought to be very interesting.

 

 

Example sentences:

 

The MEMORABILIA Iike spectacles, easy-chair, and vessels, among others, used by the KANCHI PERIYAVAA are on display at Thenambakkam near Kancheepuram.

 

The spectacles, walking stick, and the Charkha or Spinning Wheel, among others, are part of the MEMORABILIA of Mahatma Gandhi displayed at his Memorial.

 

Last week, the MEMORABILIA of that legendary pop singer were auctioned.

 

Museums are home to the MEMORABILIA of eminent persons who are mostly no more.

 

 

Proverb:

 

திருப்தி இல்லாத எசமான் வீண்.

A master whom it is hard to please is useless


 

(R.SAMPATH)

4/10/2021

Comments

  1. johny075 October 2021 at 05:47

    Excellent piece of writing distinguishing between the two

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