ley del embudo

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “law of the funnel”.

Noun

ley del embudo f (uncountable)

1. (idiomatic) a rule suggesting there's one law for the rich and another for the poor, double standard regarding wealth

   Synonym: doble vara de medir

Hypernyms

• doble moral
• doble rasero (Spain)

Further reading

• “ley del embudo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10