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Make an elephant out of a fly

Ancient Greece

Phraseologism: Make an elephant out of a fly.

Meaning: It is unreasonable to exaggerate something, to attach great importance to some objectively insignificant event (jokingly ironic).

Origin: From Latin: Elephantem ex musca facis. Ancient Greek proverb. It is first found in the ancient Greek satirist Lukiap (II century), who in his work “Praise to the Fly” confirms the folklore origin of this expression: “But I interrupt my word, although I could say a lot more so that someone would not think that I, according to the proverb, make an elephant out of a fly.

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Holy of Holies.

Meaning:

1. The most precious, intimate, 2. the most intimate, holy place in the central places of worship of various religions, access to which is usually strictly taboo and with which the physical presence of divine forces is traditionally associated.

Origin:

The most intimate place of the Tabernacle of the Assembly, and then the Jerusalem Temple, where the Tablets of the Covenant were kept. This name denoted the inner part of the Tabernacle of the Assembly, separated from the outer premises by a veil (parochet), in which the Ark of the Covenant was located. The sanctity of the place was also determined by the fact that it was there, above the ark, that the Lord appeared to the high priest to proclaim his will and testaments to the Jewish people. In the Jerusalem Temple, the Holy of Holies was also called the dvir and it contained the Foundation Stone (or Cornerstone) of the Temple Mount, over which now stands the Muslim Dome of the Rock. According to the Talmud, the Lord began the Creation of the world with him. The holy of holies in Judaism was characterized as a place where the presence of God is physically felt.

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