Idiom
Daniel come to judgement
Meaning
One who wisely settles a difficult matter.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“We needed a Daniel come to judgement to settle our argument.”
“The team was stuck in a long debate until the manager arrived like a Daniel come to judgement to solve the problem.”
“When the board members could not agree on the merger, they invited an outside expert to act as a Daniel come to judgement and provide a final, wise decision.”
Examples
simple
“We needed a Daniel come to judgement to settle our argument.”
contextual
“The team was stuck in a long debate until the manager arrived like a Daniel come to judgement to solve the problem.”
complex
“When the board members could not agree on the merger, they invited an outside expert to act as a Daniel come to judgement and provide a final, wise decision.”
Origin
Coined by English playwright William Shakespeare in The Merchant of Venice (c.1597), after the Biblical Daniel famed for his wise judgement and dream interpretations.
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