Barmecide Feast
An imaginary sumptuous feast; great illusory benefits. The Barmecides, a princely family of Bagdad, once put before a beggar a succession of magnificent dishes - all empty.
A Dictionary of Cliches by Eric Partridge, 1940.
An imaginary sumptuous feast; great illusory benefits. The Barmecides, a princely family of Bagdad, once put before a beggar a succession of magnificent dishes - all empty.
A Dictionary of Cliches by Eric Partridge, 1940.
