bonfire of the vanities
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An act of burning, or otherwise destroying, that which is vain or a temptation to…
An act of burning, or otherwise destroying, that which is vain or a temptation to immorality.
- Our nation has experienced a bonfire of the vanities based on the greed of the high establishment.
- After the March issue, Tina Brown will scrap the magazine's “Vanities” photo section, which chronicles the powerful at play. “It seemed the right moment to make a bonfire of the “Vanities,'” says Brown.
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