Gnomes of Zurich
noun[plural]
FINANCE,BANKINGukusatermfirst used by BritishLabourpartyministersin the 1960s, when thepoundwaslosingvalue, to refer toSwissbankersand thepowerandinfluencewith which theycontrolforeignmoney
| 单词 | the gnomes of Zurich |
| 释义 | the gnomes of Zurichthepowerfulbankers(=peoplewho own orcontrolbanks)from Switzerland whocontrola lot ofmoney, much of itbelongingtoforeigngovernments: He had,perhapsunfairly,blamedthegnomesof Zurich for thesterlingcrisis. So do we have thegnomesof Zurich tothankfor thelowmortgagerates? Thegnomesof Zurich arefamouslydiscreet. He hadobjectedto theterm"thegnomesof Zurich" on thegroundsthat it was anoffensivestereotype. See also gnome Gnomes of Zurich| Business EnglishGnomes of Zurich noun[plural] FINANCE,BANKINGukusatermfirst used by BritishLabourpartyministersin the 1960s, when thepoundwaslosingvalue, to refer toSwissbankersand thepowerandinfluencewith which theycontrolforeignmoney |
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