judgment of Solomon

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A judgment in which a stratagem is invoked in order to reveal the true feelings of the opposing parties.

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From a story in the Old Testament, in which King Solomon ruled between two prostitutes, both claiming to be the mother of a baby, by threatening to cut the baby into two. The actual mother begged for her child while the fake one was indifferent towards Solomon's threat.
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