i have to make a sculpture based on this phrase.. it doesnt have to be a litteral meaning just something that would symbolise the phrase
2007-02-23 04:11:02 · 8 answers · asked by orlak 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Sculpture
When you rob Peter to pay Paul you are effectively taking money to pay off a pressing debt but from a source which was not designed for that purpose.
Imagine you owe money on a credit card and the only way you can meet the repayment is to pay by using another credit card.
That would be an example
There is an element of 'back to the wall' necessity here in that your sources/options are limited.
2007-02-23 04:17:36 · answer #1 · answered by bearbrain 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If I owe a debt, but don't have the money to pay it, I borrow the money I need, essentially letting me breathe a little bit before I have to repay the money I borrowed (it would be a really bad practice to take up, by the way). That would be robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Maybe an infinity symbol interrupted by credit cards along the way would symbolize the phrase, or better yet, the recycling symbol-at the point of each arrow, you could attach a bill statement, credit card, or burning money.
2007-02-23 04:25:03 · answer #2 · answered by tombollocks 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It concerns a bell. When St. Paul's Cathederal was completed at the Vatican. The Pope had committed the metal for its bell to making cannon for a war he was fighting. The dedication of the Cathederal could not take place without a bell, so the Pope had the bell taken from St. Peter's Cathederal and placed in St. Pauls thereby, robbing peter to pay paul.
2007-02-23 04:20:13 · answer #3 · answered by Sophist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sculpture could be of two saints with a third person in between, Peter with one arm across his waist, while the other hand is touching his face, as if musing. Then, behind him is the little skulking figure who tires to pull out his wallet. Paul's back is facing Peter's, and Paul looks either destitute, or downcast, as he is in need of money.
2007-02-26 22:18:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Say you borrowed 10 bucks from Paul and couldn't pay it back, then you steal from Peter and pay back Paul, but now you have a new problem- you're a theif. It is often used to describe a situation in which someone borrows money from a person to repay a loan from another person, and winds up still owing money to someone.
2007-02-23 04:40:48 · answer #5 · answered by megypye@sbcglobal.net 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means to take something away from one, in order to give to another. In either case, you don't gain anything. I owe the electric company $100, but only have $75, so I'll pay the car loan $25 less than normal, so I can pay the $100 for my electric!
2016-05-24 02:29:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
like paying paul with his own money
2007-02-23 04:20:03 · answer #7 · answered by pretty black 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could do a painting of me paying my monthly bills.
2007-02-23 04:18:51 · answer #8 · answered by Winette 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋