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Words and expressions:

"reach for the stars" meaning

"thick as thieves" meaning intimate, close-knit

"crazy like a fox" meaning behaving in a foolish, frivolous, or uncomprehending manner as a ruse for concealing clever deeds or deeper intentions

"bounty hunter" meaning a person who catches criminals and brings them to the police for a reward

"pirate" meaning a criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns. Also, one who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works without permission. Related terms buccaneer - a pirate who only plunders ships from other countries and corsair / privateer - a pirate with a letter of marque.

"ninja" meaning a person trained primarily in stealth, espionage, assassination and the Japanese martial art of ninjutsu. Synonym shinobi from the Japanese "shinobu" - to conceal oneself.

"all wool and a yard wide" meaning of fine character; especially, very generous and kind-hearted

"apple of one's eye" meaning something or someone that is adored; a cherished person or object

"ask for the moon" meaning to want something that you cannot reach or have; try for the impossible

"as the crow flies" meaning by the most direct way; along a straight line between two places

"cool as a cucumber" meaning very calm and brave; not nervous, worried, or anxious; not excited; composed

"baker's dozen" meaning thirteen

"bear in the air" meaning a police helicopter

"caste in the sky" meaning a dream

"once bitten, twice shy" meaning a person who has suffered from doing something has learned to avoid doing it again

"culture vulture" meaning a person who is an avid cultural sightseer, one who seeks out cultural opportunities ostentatiously, such as going to the opera or seeing every museum in a town visited, and brags about it

"in cahoots" meaning in league with

"cloak-and-dagger" meaning of or about spies and secret agents

"swords and sorcery" meaning

"the bee's knees" meaning

"undiscovered country" meaning the future

"winds of change" meaning

"stalking horse" meaning

"disenchanted" meaning

Mythical Figures:

Knight of the Swan - a mysterious rescuer who comes in a swan-drawn boat to defend a damsel, his only condition being that he must never be asked his name

the Knight-errant - a wandering knight

Man in Black - mysterious figures working for unknown organizations

The Smoking Man - a character in the X-Files

Other

Blue Rose (doesn't really exist - yet)
Inanimate Objects Party / Arthur Galpin
Esoteric Programming Languages
Parody Religions (Pastafarianism / Flying Spaghetti Monster, Invisible Pink Unicorn)
Novikov self-consistency principle - the probability of an event that would give rise to a paradox is zero.

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