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sleep under the same bridge

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.53 in modern English

Syllables
sleep- un-der the same bridge
IPA
35
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
3
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be formally, but not actually, equal under the law, due to circumstances being ignored.

Example Sentences

Etymology

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.

Inflected Forms

sleeps under the same bridge (present, singular) sleeping under the same bridge (participle, present) slept under the same bridge (participle, past) slept under the same bridge (past)

Phrases

justice is blind

Frequently Paired Words

justice is blind

Questions

What does sleep under the same bridge mean?
To be formally, but not actually, equal under the law, due to circumstances being ignored.
Where does sleep under the same bridge come from?
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.

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