beggar thy neighbor
beggar thy neighbor
Referring to an economic policy that seeks to improve domestic economic conditions at the expense of other countries. Hyphenated if used as a modifier before a noun. Yes, but putting these high tariffs on imports would only address our country's economic depression in a beggar-thy-neighbor sort of way.
See also: beggar, neighbor, thy
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- neighbor
- neighbour
- a round robin
- third world
- carrot
- carrot and stick
- carrot-and-stick
- bleeding edge
- black tie
- be bumping along the bottom