raymondaliasapollyon
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Hi,
I'd like to know whether the phrase the sick man of . . . has a ring of contempt or derision to it in the following:
I'd like to know whether the phrase the sick man of . . . has a ring of contempt or derision to it in the following:
Today, Europe again looks like the sick man of the global economy.’
‘Many is the occasion that I have lauded the economy's transformation from the dire days of the 1970s, when Britain was the sick man of Europe.’
I'd appreciate your help.‘Many is the occasion that I have lauded the economy's transformation from the dire days of the 1970s, when Britain was the sick man of Europe.’