Meaning of sop to Cerberus | Babel Free

Definitions

Something given or done to pacify or bribe.

Examples

“to give/throw a sop to Cerberus”

“He has thrown a sop to Cerberus, and is consequently now acclaimed in sacred circles to which entrance had long been denied him.”

“For a moment there was a profound silence all round, and I was beginning to think that I should be accidentally shoved off the moving train, when a voice asked, ‘Have you got any English cigarettes? ’ As it happened I had a couple of packets of a brand that I very much disliked, and I distributed the contents of one all round. This sop to Cerberus had the happiest results.”

“By calling the referendum in the first place, Cameron was offering a sop to the Cerberus of the Tory Brexiters. But in Greek mythology Cerberus was never satisfied, and demanded more.”

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