gods may do what cattle may not

短语

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    What is permitted to one important person or group is not permitted to everyone; there is a double standard.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:gods may do what cattle may not.

词源

Perhaps a modified calque of quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi.

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