Guilty

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Any idea where the phrase “guilty as sin” originates?

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Writer, editor and translator, Pamela M. Shuggi, PhD lives and works in Frederick, MD with her cat, Caesar. She is at the beginning of her journey in yoga teacher training. She created her blog, A Reader's Story, in celebration of her love for the humanities.

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2 thoughts on “Guilty”

  1. I think it started with “as heavy as sin” as a religious way of comparing burdens. So sinning is harder on one than having a bad hair day. Guilty…
    Miserable….
    Ugly….
    Black…. came along to compete with the gravitas of “heavy.”

    Yeah, that sounds right.

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