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sorcerer's apprentice
sorcerer's apprenticeSomeone who is unable to contain or control a situation, event, or process that they instigated. A reference to a ballad written by Goethe in 1797 called "Der Zauberlehrling," about an apprentice magician who, through arrogance in his own abilities, brings a broom to life to do his chores for him, only to realize he has no way of controlling it. The banking authority, like a sorcerer's apprentice, created a system where greater bad debts were being inflated far beyond their market value, thus leading to a severe crash once the bubble inevitably burst.See also: apprenticesorcerer's apprentice a person who having instigated a process is unable to control it. This is a translation of the French L'Apprenti sorcier, the title of an 1897 symphonic poem by Paul Dukas based on Der Zauberlehrling, a 1797 ballad by Goethe . In this ballad the apprentice's use of magic spells sets in motion a series of events which he cannot control.See also: apprenticesorcerer's apprentice
sorcerer’s apprenticefinds a spell that makes objects do the cleanup work. [Fr. Music: Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice]See: Sorcery |