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after Saturday comes Sunday

after Saturday comes Sunday 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.

Phrase

after Saturday comes Sunday

  1. (rare) 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.

Origin of after Saturday comes Sunday

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".

Questions about after Saturday comes Sunday

What does after Saturday comes Sunday mean?
After Saturday comes Sunday means 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.
What part of speech is after Saturday comes Sunday?
After Saturday comes Sunday is a phrase.

Words near after Saturday comes Sunday in the dictionary

  1. after length
  2. after lengths
  3. after me the deluge
  4. after one's own heart
  5. after one's own soul
  6. after Saturday comes Sunday
  7. after school special
  8. after school specials
  9. after taste
  10. after tastes
  11. after the fact

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