| Word | Appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober |
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| Description | Ask someone to reconsider with the suggestion that an earlier opinion or decision represented only a passing mood. This phrase comes from an anecdote told by the Roman historian and moralist Valerius Maximus concerning an unjust judgement given by King Philip of Macedon : the woman condemned by Philip declared that she would appeal to him once again, but this time when he was sober. Ask someone to reconsider with the suggestion that an earlier opinion or decision represented only a passing mood. This phrase comes f |
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