after us the deluge in English

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    {
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        "2": "fr",
        "3": "après nous le déluge"
      },
      "expansion": "Calque of French après nous le déluge",
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  "etymology_text": "Calque of French après nous le déluge.",
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          "ref": "1861, Christina Rossetti, A Royal Princess",
          "text": "‘After us the deluge,’ was retorted with a laugh: / ‘If bread's the staff of life, they must walk without a staff.’ / ‘While I've a loaf they're welcome to my blessing and the chaff.’",
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        "A nihilistic expression of indifference to whatever happens after one is gone."
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        {
          "word": "after me the deluge"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "expression of indifference",
          "word": "meidän jälkeemme vedenpaisumus"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "expression of indifference",
          "word": "après nous le déluge"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "expression of indifference",
          "word": "utánunk az özönvíz"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "expression of indifference",
          "word": "po nas choćby potop"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "expression of indifference",
          "word": "po nas choćby i potop"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "posle nas xotʹ potop",
          "sense": "expression of indifference",
          "word": "после нас хоть потоп"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "after us the deluge"
}

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    }
  ],
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          "ref": "1861, Christina Rossetti, A Royal Princess",
          "text": "‘After us the deluge,’ was retorted with a laugh: / ‘If bread's the staff of life, they must walk without a staff.’ / ‘While I've a loaf they're welcome to my blessing and the chaff.’",
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        }
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        "A nihilistic expression of indifference to whatever happens after one is gone."
      ],
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          "word": "after me the deluge"
        }
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "expression of indifference",
      "word": "meidän jälkeemme vedenpaisumus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "expression of indifference",
      "word": "après nous le déluge"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "expression of indifference",
      "word": "utánunk az özönvíz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "expression of indifference",
      "word": "po nas choćby potop"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "expression of indifference",
      "word": "po nas choćby i potop"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "posle nas xotʹ potop",
      "sense": "expression of indifference",
      "word": "после нас хоть потоп"
    }
  ],
  "word": "after us the deluge"
}

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"after us the deluge" meaning in English

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