Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “the haves and the have-nots“ and its meaning is “the people who are very rich and the people who are very poor”.
Example Sentence: Large, hot cities, even in rich countries such as the US, can suffer blackouts (power cuts) in the summer owing to the power load as homes and offices try to maintain comfortable room temperature. And air conditioning can be prohibitively expensive for people on lower incomes to install and operate, exacerbating the climate injustice between the haves and have-nots.
This phrase is present in The Guardian article As urban temperatures climb, here’s what the modern city should look like and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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