house divided
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
In reference to the proverb, a house divided against itself cannot stand.
Noun[edit]
house divided (plural houses divided)
- Something characterised by internal dissent or conflict.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 204:
- Despite the wish of many clerics to tailor their faith and to transform their lives to the demands of a more secular age, the fact remained that the church was a house divided, and its divisions reduced its efficacy against philosophe attacks.
- 2009 April 2, Ben Jones, The Guardian:
- For all the reported "successes" at the centre, Uganda is a house divided.