serve two masters

verb

Etymology

From Matthew 6:24 in the Bible.

Definitions

  1. To take orders from two superiors or two conflicting parties.

    • I suspect that Mr Paisley would have been familiar with the biblical quotation: "No man can serve two masters - you cannot serve God and Mammon" (Matthew 6 v 24).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for serve two masters. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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