vox populi, vox bovi

German

Etymology

Pseudo-Latinism, literally "the voice of the people [is] the voice of a cow", with a humorously rhyming but grammatically incorrect genitive bovi instead of bovis.

Proverb

vox populi, vox bovi

  1. (Dog Latin, rare (at least in writing)) the voice of the people is worth nothing

See also
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