The Law of Medes and Persians
law of Medes and.. On reading Tom Holland's Persian Fire, an interesting part of history put into frame, I remembered that one of our popular sayings is about this law of Medes and Persians.
I tried to find it in English and found it in a quote from a book in a review.When I saw it used in a positive sense, I realised that we quite often use it, but mainly in a denying way:
"It is not a
law of Medes and Persians"
"
Het is geen wet van Meden en Perzen", as is:
It can be diverged from, underlining the always rather liberal ways we take with the Law,
(not me)(*_*) much to the displeasure of our neighbours.
The English usage quoted from this site :
London Book Review "Every partner in AA and AA Consulting is a partner in that partnership, which binds the whole thing together, so that although they work independently of each other, and according to
the law of the Medes and the Persians, around the world, whichever country they may be in, ultimately they do all belong to the same partnership. I hope that’s clear."
OP
