Try an author, a thought, or a phrase in “quotes”.↑ ↓ Navigate · Esc Close

Type a word, saying or author to search.

Browse the library ↗

After a trial, one party is naked and the other without shirt. –Serb

After a trial, one party is naked and the other without shirt. –Serb
Traditional

Historical period not yet established

Meaning in plain English

After a trial one party naked and another without a shirt gives both sides a costly outcome. The supplied sentence includes a Serb label.

What the words are saying

The source label is not independently verified as original provenance. A qualified interpretation can question burdens of a dispute without establishing legal costs, outcomes or a reason to abandon necessary remedies. It does not prove that both parties are equally at fault or that fair redress is impossible.

Everyday example

Someone considers a dispute’s practical burdens while still seeking a fair response to a substantiated concern.

When to use it

Use it as a qualified dispute-and-cost image, not legal advice.

Put a useful idea into practice: try the free seven-day guide ↗

What it does not mean

No legal outcome, equal blame or futility of seeking redress is established.

Agent-assisted editorial interpretation. This explains the words; it does not by itself verify their author or earliest origin.

Attribution & collection notes
Author or tradition
Traditional
Attribution: traditional
Country attributed
Not established
A country attribution does not establish the earliest origin.
Historical period
Historical period not yet established
No sufficiently supported historical placement has been established. Import and download dates are not treated as composition dates.
Recorded source
Contributor-provided wisdom reference (2014 AD)

Supplied reference B; unit 990; PDF page 85; collection label: Miscellaneous Proverbs

A collection's publication date can be later than the words it records.

Culture
Miscellaneous Proverbs