• StorminNorman@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Yeah, you’re on the right track, the full quote is “the customer is always right in matters of taste”. But like a lot of sayings (blood is thicker than water being another example), the original intent has been lost and now it means something else colloquially.

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      1 year ago

      It’s interesting how often that happens. Phrases get simplified and as the nuance is lost, the meaning more or less gets reversed.