rob Peter to pay Paul
Teacher: Andrew.
Definition: to take or borrow from one in order to give or pay something owed to another.
Example: “Don’t think borrowing money from bank to pay your bills! It’s robbing Peter to pay Paul!”
So what do you think? Do you use this expression a lot in your days? If so, what is your examples?
I think it’s really a little more complex then your definition, like borrowing money from the bank to pay your bills makes sense, usually robbing peter to pay paul means doing something somewhat illogical for short term gain at the price of long term. Like instead of fixing the funding of social security, the government will take money from the education budget to pay it’s shortfall
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