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lunatics have taken over the asylum

Said of a situation in which those in charge are incapable of handling their responsibilities, and should rather be put under scrutiny themselves.

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  • Said to originate in a 1919 remark by Richard A. Rowland about the founding of United Artists. Perhaps an allusion to the short story by Edgar Allan Poe, The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether, first published 1845.
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وقد اتخذت مجنون على اللجوء

Verrückte haben das Asyl übernommen

los locos se han apoderado del asilo

قمری پناهندگی را به دست گرفته است

les fous ont repris l'asile

lunáticos assumiram o asilo

сумасшедшие взяли убежище

galningar har tagit över asylet

瘋子接管了庇護

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