Venkatesh Rao@vgrSo... like robbing Peter to pay Paul? Is this like from a Bible story or something? Did somebody actually do that?Quote TweetHaggard Hawks Words | Language | Etymology@HaggardHawks·Feb 11, 2018In 19th century slang, ‘to manoeuvre the Apostles’ meant ‘to borrow money from one person to repay a debt to another’.1:42 AM · Feb 11, 20181 Retweet2 Likes
Seth Burn@SethBurn·Feb 11, 2018Replying to @vgrThis guy put together the Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Grose… And he included it. Where he heard it is unclear. Tracking down the origin of slang is difficult: https://oglaf.com/billingsgate/1