siren songs
Alluring misleading calls
Siren songs are enticements that lure you toward danger or destruction.
From the Greek myth of sirens—creatures whose beautiful singing drew sailors to wreck their ships on rocky shores.
The phrase usually warns that something attractive conceals harm: The siren song of easy money led many investors to ruin.
Also *siren song* in singular.
- temptationUrge toward the unwise
- fatal attractionHarmful obsessive romantic pull
- allureAttractive, tempting quality
- enticementSomething that attracts
- shipwreck talesStories of maritime catastrophes
rocky shores · seduction · false promises · river spirits · Greek mythology · charm · illusion · euphony · call · magnet · Lorelei · traps · Odysseus · wine-dark sea · attraction · ballads · lamentation · impulse
- sea lorekraken, mermaids, mermaid, sea serpent, sea monster
- sea poetrysea shanty, sea legends, Dover Beach, The Sea, Old Ironsides
siren songswarning bells
Signals of impending trouble
alarm bells · cautionary tales · guardian angels · voice of reason · words of wisdom
siren songswarnings
Advance notices of danger
deterrents · wake-up calls · alarms · cautionary tales · red flags
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