Daniel come to judgement

noun

One who wisely settles a difficult matter.

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Meanings

nounDaniel come to judgement (plural Daniels come to judgement)

plural Daniels come to judgement

  1. idiomaticOne who wisely settles a difficult matter.

    But I was treated as a Daniel come to judgment.

    2012, Theodore Dalrymple, If Symptoms Persist
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    A Daniel come to judgment! Harriet, the Superintendent has caught the hang of our half-witted manner of conversation.

    1937, Dorothy L. Sayers, Busman's Honeymoon

Origin

Coined by English playwright William Shakespeare in The Merchant of Venice (c.1597), after the Biblical Daniel famed for his wise judgement and dream interpretations.

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