sleep under the same bridge

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von sleep under the same bridge im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

a critique of a law where circumstances are ignored

To be formally, but not actually, equal under the law

The equally enforced prohibition not to sleep under the same bridge does not signify the reign of equlaity but rather its opposite for those without homes.

Silbentrennung

Sleep un·der the same bridge

Türkische aussprache

slip ʌndır dhi seym brîc

Aussprache

/ˈslēp ˈəndər ᴛʜē ˈsām ˈbrəʤ/ /ˈsliːp ˈʌndɜr ðiː ˈseɪm ˈbrɪʤ/

Etymologie

() An allusion to “The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under the bridge, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.”, a translation from the French "La majestueuse égalité des lois, qui interdit au riche comme au pauvre de coucher sous les ponts, de mendier dans les rues et de voler du pain", Le Lys rouge, The Red Lily, 1894.