In the biblical story of Salome, as recounted in the Gospels, she danced for King Herod and, in response to his promise to grant her any wish, requested the head of John the Baptist. Herod, reluctantly complying, had John's head brought to her on a silver platter. This event symbolizes the themes of manipulation, power, and the tragic consequences of desires fulfilled.
Salome danced for Herod. John the Baptist had criticized King Herod for marrying his sister-in-law and was in prison. Salome was told to ask for John's head on a silver platter.
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On a Silver Platter has 10 pages.
You are talking about a platter made from actual sterling silver, right, not just a silver colored platter. Yes, a silver dealer will be happy to buy it from you.
Silver platter tarnishing is a chemical change: a reaction with hydrogen sulfide.
"The phrase, you had your ass handed to you, can be traced to the New Testament, when Salome, King Herod's daughter, danced so beautifully before her father and his dinner guests the king said to her, "Ask me for anything you want, and I'll give it to you." Salome turned to her mother who told her daughter to ask for the head of John the Baptist, who was in prison. Being the ever obedient child Salome did so. John was executed and his head brought to the girl on a silver platter. Since and maybe prior having something handed to you on a silver platter has meant getting it without work or effort. Having your head handed to you, - on a silver platter is a longstanding idiom. Figuratively speaking you just got killed without your opponent having to put in much effort. -or your ass--in modern slang--is an abridged form of this idiom. Except when your ass is handed to you the connotation is you live to suffer your defeat.
Salome , to please her mother , asked of King Herod the head of John the Baptist because John had criticized the marriage of Herod and his wife Herodias who then sought revenge upon John through the seductive dance of her daughter Salome who , after being given a promise for anything by Herod , asked for the head of John . ~ (See Mark 6:14-29) .
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The saying is to give "his head on a silver platter" meaning the ability to discredit or ruin someone that is trivially easy to accomplish. Demostrating the effect of her charms, all Salome had to do was ask.The more general idiom "on a silver platter" has two similar uses:-- presented or acquired through little or no effort-- presented in a grand, overblown, or excessively formal manner, as if it were something very valuable.
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