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Idioms / Maxims / Sayings | | English term or phrase: waving the bloody shirt | | waving the bloody shirt characterizes all speeches of new candidates for presidency |
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The term "bloody shirt" can be traced back to the aftermath of the murder of the third Caliph, Uthman in 656 AD, when a bloody shirt and some hair alleged to be from his beard were used in what is widely regarded as a cynical ploy to gain support for revenge against opponents. It also appears in a scene in William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, in which Mark Antony waves Julius Caesar's toga to stir up the emotions of his fellow Romans
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waving_the_bloody_shirt |
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