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after saturday comes sunday

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.51 in modern English

Syllables
af-ter sat-ur-day -comes -sun-day
IPA
39
Scrabble Score
24
Letters
7
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

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.

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".

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: مِن سَلَّف السَبت لاقا الحَدّ قَدّاموه

Phrases

boiling frog

Frequently Paired Words

boiling frog

Questions

What does after saturday comes sunday mean?
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.
Where does after saturday comes sunday come from?
It is traced to Arabic.

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