Let them eat cake



Let them eat cake.

Prov. A joking disclaimer of responsibility for some group of people. (Supposed to have been said by Marie Antoinette when she heard that the common people had no bread.) Fred: The budget will allow each one of our managers to get a substantial holiday bonus. Jane: And what about the rest of the employees? Fred: Let them eat cake!
See also: cake, eat, let

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Redmund-Irish
Rihards-Latvian
Avinash-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Kannada
Pylyp-Ukrainian
Doroteja-Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian
Edi-Slovene, Croatian