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Meaning of uneasy lies the head that wears a crown | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C2

Definitions

A person of high rank or status has more problems than those of lower rank.

Examples

“Such terrors as these were unguessed by me in the days of my obscurity. Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown, uneasy also, lies the wife of that head, and the best friend of the wife. I dismissed my stenographer, and spent ten or fifteen restless minutes until Sylvia appeared.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

uni- united we stand, divided we fall unity is strength UNODIR until next time until the cows come home