Re: Fiddling while Rome burns--Second Reply to LCC Posted by bluebaron on December 10, 1999
In Reply to: Re: Fiddling while Rome burns--Reply
to LCC posted by LCC on December 10, 1999
: : : : In this case, the fiddling is euphemistic, but the burning
actual. Refers to the Emperor Nero, who "fiddled around" while Rome
actually was burning.
: : : For such erudition we may award a prize, but not yet.
: : : I have a direct modern equivalent 'Pissing down with rain'
: : ...the riposte, while witty, is more rude than erudite, I humbly
submit...and much too literal
: : : In this case, the pissing is euphemistic, but the raining
actual. Refers to the fact that the rain is falling in steady streams
and not a series of separated droplets.
: Perhaps it's the lack of any connection to an independent source
that's the problem. Simply to assert is seldom sufficient and can
lead to 'Urban Myths' and gross misunderstandings.
Dear LCC: Try the Columbia Encyclopedia, Third Edition,.....if
you can read, that is!!!
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