gods may do what cattle may not
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Perhaps a modified calque of quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi.
Proverb[edit]
gods may do what cattle may not
- What is permitted to one important person or group is not permitted to everyone; there is a double standard.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:gods may do what cattle may not.