English Explanatory Dictionary

when America sneezes, the world catches a cold

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. Events in the United States tend to have a major impact on other countries.

Word forms

when America sneezes, the world catches a cold

Etymology

Originates from a similar 19th-century statement about France and Europe, from Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, an Austrian diplomat.

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