‘to fiddle while Rome burns’: meaning and origin
UK, 1770—as ‘Nero fiddled whilst Rome was burning’, in a swipe at King George III, by John Horne
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“ad fontes!”
“ad fontes!”
UK, 1770—as ‘Nero fiddled whilst Rome was burning’, in a swipe at King George III, by John Horne
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