📚 noun • entry_id 58565
honor among thieves
Meanings (ES + gloss)
entre bomberos no se pisan la manguera • entre bueyes no hay cornadas
Trustworthiness within a group that is not considered trustworthy by outsiders.
That sounds odd here in Washington these days, but some of the old-timers still like to pretend there is honor alive among the political thieves.
While a corrupt Chuch and untrustworthy nobles and kings scraped for power, businessmen in Italy honored pledges of businessmen from England and Scandinavia. This trust (some have…
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