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Roman holiday

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Roman holiday
n.
1. Enjoyment or satisfaction derived from observing the suffering of others.
2. A violent public spectacle or disturbance in which shame, degradation, or physical harm is intentionally inflicted on one person or group by another.
[From the bloody gladiatorial contests staged as entertainment for the ancient Romans.]
Roman holiday
n
entertainment or pleasure that depends on the suffering of others
[from Byron's poem Childe Harold (IV, 141)]
Translations
Roman holiday
n → Spaß m → auf Kosten anderer


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