sop to Cerberus
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sop to Cerberus
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From Virgil's Aeneid, where the Sibyl throws Cerberus a loaf laced with honey and herbs to induce sleep.
noun
- Something given or done to pacify or bribe. to give/throw a sop to Cerberus
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