thumb on the scale

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An act of bias or a tactic for cheating which creates a situation that unfairly benefits one party involved in an interaction. idiomatic,uncountable,usually
    — I'll try to give an impartial account without putting my thumb on the scale.

词形变化

thumbs on the scale plural thumbs on the scales plural thumb on the scales alternative

词源

An allusion to a butcher who cheats customers by surreptitiously using a thumb to apply extra pressure to the scale when weighing meat to calculate the price of a sale.
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