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Vsuresh Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

caesar's wife should be above suspicion

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Please tell me why is the reference to Caesar's wife.
  

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When Julius Caesar was assassinated, his wife had absolutely nothing to do with it. In fact, she did everything in her power to prevent him from going to the senate that day, because she had a feeling that something was amiss. So, metaphorically, this might be used in a situation where someone could not possibly have anything to do with some kind of wrongdoing.

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  • When Julius Caesar was assassinated, his wife had absolutely nothing to do with it.
  • In fact, she did everything in her power to prevent him from going to the senate that day, because she had a feeling that something was amiss.
  • So, metaphorically, this might be used in a situation where someone could not possibly have anything to do with some kind of wrongdoing.
  • For example: Police 1: I'm going to check out the wife.
  • Police 2: This lady is a devout churchgoer, a Sunday school teacher, never had a traffic ticket or an overdue library book, been happily married for 50 years.
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When Julius Caesar was assassinated, his wife had absolutely nothing to do with it. In fact, she did everything in her power to prevent him from going to the senate that day, because she had a feeling that something was amiss. So, metaphorically, this might be used in a situation where someone could not possibly have anything to do with some kind of wrongdoing. For example:

Police 1:
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