dyden i midten, sagde Fanden; han satte sig mellem to advokater

Danish

Proverb

dyden i midten, sagde Fanden; han satte sig mellem to advokater ("virtue in the middle, said the Devil; he sat down between to lawyers")

1. (rare) lawyers are evil
   • 2015, Johannes Møllehave, Læsehest med teaterkikkert, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:

     Dyden i midten, sagde Fanden, han satte sig mellem to advokater. Det siger Alceste ikke, men det kunne han tænke.

     Virtue in the middle, said the Devil, he sat down between two lawyers. Alceste does not say this, but he might think it.

   • 2016, Henning Mortensen, Ulveørken, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:

     ... at Ib åbenbart havde det med at omgås tidligere sagførere. Ib kunne sige som fanden, der satte sig mellem to advokater: dyden i midten!

     ... that Ib was, apparently, in the habit of socialising with former lawyers. Ib could say like the Devil, who sat down between two lawyers: virtue in the middle!