sick man of Europe

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Etymology

A calque of a phrase coined by Czar Nicholas I, Romanov, of the Empire of Russia: больно́й челове́к Европы (bolʹnój čelovék Jevropy). This name for the Turkish Ottoman Empire refers to the sickly state of the Ottoman state in the 19th century.

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sick man of Europe

  1. (archaic, politics) Ottoman Empire.
  2. (politics) Any European country undergoing economic difficulty.
    • 2022 November 27, William Keegan, “Brexit has made Britain the sick man of Europe again”, in The Guardian‎:
      Yes, we were known as the “sick man of Europe” until we joined the European Union and – guess what – we have left the EU and have regained that dubious status.

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