Thursday, 21 April 2011

Golden Something, All Right

The Mayor of Berlin was repeatedly patronised by David Goldblatt on Radio Four this morning. "In English, we say, turning a blind eye" might be all right, since it might go back to Nelson, although it might not. But, "In English, we say, killing the goose that laid the golden egg"? Oh, yes. Aesop was English. Wasn't he?

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