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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
Topics: government, politics
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History
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".
