English Explanatory Dictionary

after Saturday comes Sunday

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. A phrase sometimes attributed to fundamentalist Muslims, implying that they wish to kill the Jews, whose sabbath is Saturday, and then the Christians, whose sabbath is Sunday.

Word forms

after Saturday comes Sunday

Etymology

From Arabic مِن سَلَّف السَبت لاقا الحَدّ قَدّاموه (min sallaf es-sabt lāqā el-ḥadd qiddāmūh), literally "When Saturday is gone, one will find Sunday". The phrase is a classical proverb that means "the good or bad you do comes back to you".

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