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==Examples of Idiomatic Expressions==
==Examples of Idiomatic Expressions==
*[[Bread and Circuses]]
*'''"Bread and Circuses"''' is a phrase used by [[Rome|Roman]] writers to deplore the decline in heroism in the Romans after the [[Roman Republic]] ceased to exist and the [[Roman Empire]]'s ascendancy. The phrase is: "Two things only the people anxiously desire--bread and circuses." This was because the Roman government kept their population peaceful by providing free food and presenting huge spectacles at the [[Coloseum]].
Bread and circuses has come to mean government policies that short term solutions to public unrest.
*[[A Bird in the Hand]]
*[[A Bird in the Hand]]
[[Category:Idioms]]
[[Category:Idioms]]