broker than the Ten Commandments

Meaning

Adjective

Origin

  • A pun on broke's senses of 'without money' and 'broken', with potential reference both to Moses's destruction ('breaking') of the tablets on Mount Sinai (Exodus 32:19) and sinners' violation ('breaking') of the Ten Commandments in daily life.

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