Pottery Barn rule

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A policy by which a retail store holds a customer responsible for damage done to merchandise on display.
  2. The principle that a country that invades or overthrows the government of another is responsible for stabilising and rebuilding that country.
    — Under these circumstances, the United States and its allies acted unjustly in invading Iraq. Does this set of circumstances give us any reason to think that the Pottery Barn rule now provides us with practical guidance?

词形变化

Pottery Barn rules plural

词源

Named after the American home furnishing chain Pottery Barn (though the chain does not have such a policy).
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