APAD: Rob Peter to pay Paul

Meaning: To take money from one source to give to another that is virtually

identical.

 

Background: It seems more likely is that the saying derives from the shared

feast day of St Paul and St Peter and thus to rob the feast of St Peter to pay

for the feast of St Paul is pointless.

 

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Nero the wayward Emperor, it was said, played the fiddle while Rome burned. It

was too late to fight the fire, he thought, but time to come up with a fitting

pyromaniac. Two weeks later, one of the dwellers of the ghetto, a fisherman from

Galilee and leader of an obscure cult, was found guilty as the firebug and crucified.

The year was AD 64.

 

No one would've guessed. Two and a half centuries passed and the former humble

sect rose and their God succeeded all the gods in the Pantheon. On the martyr's

burial site a bascilica was erected, and St. Peter, posthumously, became the

first pope of the Roman Catholic Church.

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• The modus operandi of the US Treasury department -waterfowl- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/14/2023 postreply 10:05:46

• An overt scheme for taxing purposes. -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/14/2023 postreply 10:23:29

• Yep,sure is. -waterfowl- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/14/2023 postreply 10:24:38

• I see why it‘s Peter and Paul, not Brandon and Bryan. -暖冬cool夏- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/14/2023 postreply 10:06:43

• So many things to know here. I love it :-) -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/14/2023 postreply 10:24:13

• 拆东墙 补西壁 -方外居士- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/14/2023 postreply 11:32:44

• 房子守恒定律 :-) -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/14/2023 postreply 14:44:52

• 我再次确认你是一个物理学家！ -方外居士- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/14/2023 postreply 19:41:23

• I know he is a Phd, doctor of philosophy:)), not in physics. -暖冬cool夏- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/15/2023 postreply 08:20:03

• The law of conservation of energy ? :)) -卫宁- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/15/2023 postreply 07:10:00

• The year was AD 64. What happened in that year? -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/14/2023 postreply 12:10:06

• The martyrdom of Peter? -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/14/2023 postreply 12:11:06

• Yes! -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/14/2023 postreply 14:44:11