"I have a modest proposal," Alabaster said. 1981, Art Buchwald, Firing Away at a Nuclear Solution, Los Angeles Times,, page 3.I therefore have a modest proposal aimed at rectifying this situation: let's declare war! 2006, Rory O'Connor, A modest proposal, The Guardian.2012, Alex Massie, Soak the Old, The SpectatorĪnd for all the chuntering about the "Granny Tax" it is not as though Osborne made a radical or, if you prefer, modest proposal along the lines of offering tax credits or generous allowances to the heirs of pensioners who plump for voluntary, patriotic euthanasia.( idiomatic ) An idea which is especially extreme, unorthodox or distasteful, often put forward in jest.Modest proposal ( plural modest proposals) From Jonathan Swift's 1729 satire A Modest Proposal, which suggested cannibalism as a solution to Irish poverty.
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