Is there a phrase for the following?
Is there an idiom, proverb or phrase which means "one living in abundance lying to one with little about the importance of the item of scarcity to, for eg., avoid resentment"
For eg. Like the king is calling a starving subject a glutton while eating a sumptuous meal.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/J-Gi4QHhILI?start=4417&end=4429
I would say hypocrite is a good description of the king situation, but it doesn't denote anything about doing it for emotional reasons. I think the situation is too specific and uncommon for such a phrase to exist commonly.
Couldn't find idiom, proverb or phrase that fit precisely for this usecase. Ended up using the whole thing.
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'Feminists underplaying the need for sex is like the obese rich person underplaying the importance of food to the malnourished poor.'