To rob Peter to pay Paul

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A stained glass depiction of Saints Peter and Paul

"To rob Peter to pay Paul",

patchwork block.[8]

diocese of Westminster was dissolved, and a few years after that many of its assets were expropriated for repairs to Saint Paul's Cathedral.[1][9] However, the phrase was popular even before that, dating back to at least 1380.[1]

This phrase may have originated in

Christian, made it quite common to hear these names together.[11][12]

"Robbing selected Peter to pay for collective Paul" is

collectivism.[13] Kipling included the expression in his poem "Gods of the Copybook Headings", and argued that it should be featured in "catechisms" of the Conservative Central Organization; the lesson of the phrase in his version, and of the poem in general, was that "only out of the savings of the thrifty can be made the wage-fund to set other men on the way to be prosperous."[14]

See also

Look up rob Peter to pay Paul in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

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  9. ^ Dixon, James Main (1891). Dictionary of Idiomatic English Phrases. T. Nelson and Sons. p. 272.
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  11. ^ Martin, Gary. "The meaning and origin of the expression: Rob Peter to pay Paul". The Phrase Finder. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
  12. ^ "rob Peter to pay Paul meaning". The Idioms Dictionary. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
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