Procrustean Vocab Meme Dictionary – English Hindi Translation with picture
Procrustean [proh-kruhs-tee-uh n]
(adj) (especially of a framework or system) enforcing uniformity or conformity without regard to natural variation or individuality.“a fixed Procrustean rule”
Procrustean meaning in Hindi (English to Hindi Dictionary)
बलपूर्वक समता स्थापित करनेवाला
Procrustean bed
a standard that is enforced uniformly without regard to individuality
Origin
Procrustes kept a house by the side of the road where he offered hospitality to passing strangers, who were invited in for a pleasant meal and a night’s rest in his very special bed. Procrustes described it as having the unique property that its length exactly matched whomsoever lay down upon it. What Procrustes didn’t volunteer was the method by which this “one-size-fits-all” was achieved, namely as soon as the guest lay down Procrustes went to work upon him, stretching him on the rack if he was too short for the bed and chopping off his legs if he was too long.
Procrustean sentences from Newspaper
Vajpayee who is more accessible, represents a less procrustean view of the BJP
Cost an arm and a leg Vocab Meme Dictionary – English Hindi meaning with pictures
Cost an arm and a leg (idiom)
to be extremely expensive
Origin
‘Arm’ and ‘leg’ are used as examples of items that no one would consider selling other than at an enormous price. It is a grim reality that, around that time, there were many US newspaper reports of servicemen who had lost an arm and a leg in the recent war. It is possible that the phrase originated in reference to the high cost paid by those who suffered such amputations.
