bread and circuses

English idiom
Guest Thu, 20 Feb 2020, 05:07

Idiomatic translations of "bread and circuses"

Croatian
kruha i igara
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German
Brot und Spiel
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Latin
Panem et circenses
Russian
Хлеба и зрелищ
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Spanish
Pan y circo
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Toki Pona
pan en musi
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Meanings of "bread and circuses"

English

a diversion and distraction in politics, usually in the form of entertainment for masses in order to achieve public approval.

Gueston Thu, 20 Feb 2020, 05:07

"bread and circuses" in lyrics

Kult
What do you need freedom for?Kult
Each shop display bursts with prosperity. Freedom... What do you need freedom for? Don’t you have bread and circuses?
Egor i Opizdenevshie
Eternal SpringEgor i Opizdenevshie
War hospitals, prehistoric men, Poetry, medications, Bread and circuses (***) showing mandatory underground medical procedures
Grazhdanskaya Oborona
Eternal SpringGrazhdanskaya Oborona
Hundreds of years of snowdrifts, Lazaruses, pithecantropuses1, poems, medicine, bread and circuses2, mandatory healing procedures underground for the hunched and crooked- Eternal spring in solitary confinement 1. an extinct species between an ape and a human 2. an ...
Os Mutantes
Bread and CircusesOs Mutantes
I wanted to sing a song illuminated by the sun I raised the sails to the wind I freed the tigers and the lions in the yard
Đorđe Balašević
Rock bottomĐorđe Balašević
Rock bottom. Bread and auditionsBread and circuses" href="#footnote1_4x65smp" rel="nofollow">1. Rock bottom. 1. A parody on Panem et circenses, Latin for Bread and circuses
Aria
ColosseumAria
It is revenge o’clock Bread and circuses for people Always there!
WIZO
AdagioWIZO
The bread is rotten, the games are sickbread and circuses."" href="#footnote1_77w8sh1" rel="nofollow">1 It doesn't work, and you've known it for a while now. You close your eyes, you don't want to admit it, It's failed, your shitty system! 1. Allusion to the Roman phrase "
Egor i Opizdenevshie
Eternal SpringEgor i Opizdenevshie
Lazareths, pithecantropuses 1, poems, medicine, bread and circuses, mandatory underground healing procedures 1. an extinct species between an ape and a human
Kreator
Satanic AnarchyKreator
And in this dying Endzeit Not all that melts is gold Keep your bread and circuses And learn this is divine revolt
Battle Beast
Circus of DoomBattle Beast
Ashes to ashes And dust to dust Bread and circuses to masses Lust turning to disgust
Aria
ColosseumAria
The hour of reckoning has come Bread and circuses for the people Is in abundance!
T.B.F
IntropatijaT.B.F
From whatever in the newspapers, is written in small scripture. But it seems like this is natural, The majority only thirst for bread and circuses, In the society of abundance, of cloned plants and meat,
Caparezza
Giotto BeatCaparezza
Ye[ah] ye[ah], ye[ah] ye[ah]!1 We're slow lenses2, we need a photokit. We pass the buck without any prospect 3: 1. Mimicking the "yeahs" that were present in a lot of songs composed during the 60s: some examples are "She loves you" and "It won't be long" by The Beatles 2. Italians self-identify as ...
Kreator
Totalitarian TerrorKreator
Come experience hate like you never have before Spreading from the fallen Tower of Babel Bread and circuses means To keep us from the truth
Lord of the Lost
Black, dead and goldLord of the Lost
Black, dead and gold are my colours I'm a king amongst crows, oh-oh Bread and circuses for the poor I see you waving my flags
Renie Cares
am I my own enemyRenie Cares
Pulled together just by a thread that leaves burns And only blood interests if it's about communion Because the body wants bread, bread and circuses And my happiness should be almost imperceptible
Aurora (Hungary)
DocAurora (Hungary)
The street is yours, the square is mine Freedom is precious like gold! I'm loading rail wagons with the help of a dentist Who has picked a bone with fate
Trailerpark
Poo-Tang ClanTrailerpark
But this isn't about crossing the limits No, we only feed the people their big love F-F-F-Feces and circuses bread and circuses' " href="#footnote1_o4td04s" rel="nofollow">1 1. Reference to the expression 'bread and circuses'
Epidemia
Beyond The RulesEpidemia
God of war is waiting for a great sacrifice. He’d measured equally a bread and circuses on his scales To those who believe and see a dreams,
Kyo
Third StepKyo
To be completely sure that it was me Bread and circuses to make us believe That the sea is more beautiful without its waves