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leave to someone's tender mercies
leave to someone's tender mercies Submit to another's power or discretion, especially to an unsympathetic individual. Today this expression is always used ironically, as in
We left him to the tender mercies of that stiff-necked, arrogant nurse. It alludes to a biblical passage (Proverbs 12:10): “A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast; but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.”
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leave to someone's breakable mercies
leave to someone's breakable mercies Submit to another's ability or discretion, abnormally to an aloof individual. Today this announcement is consistently acclimated ironically, as in
We larboard him to the breakable mercies of that stiff-necked, aloof nurse. It alludes to a biblical access (Proverbs 12:10): “A angelic man regardeth the activity of his beast; but the breakable mercies of the abandoned are cruel.”
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