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Like a wall (wall) peas

Proverbs and sayings

Phraseologism: Like a wall (wall) peas.

Meaning: Nothing affects anyone, it is useless to speak, to advise anything to anyone (disapproved).

Origin: V. I. Dal in the "Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language" gives the following definition of this turnover: "does not cling." Among the people you can hear: "He should be told that to sculpt peas into the wall or how to squash peas against the wall."

Random phraseology:

The king reigns but does not govern.

Meaning:

About an inactive, weak-willed leader.

Origin:

From Latin: Rex regnat sed non gubernat. That is how, in Latin, the great hetman Jan Zamoyski (1541-1605) first used this expression in the Polish Sejm. But it became popular after it was repeated by the French historian and statesman Adolphe Thiers (1797-1877), who led the government forces that suppressed the Paris Commune. This expression - Le roi regne et ne gouverne pas - he used in an article that was published on February 19, 1830 in the newspaper "Le National". This is how Thiers saw the role of the king in contemporary France.

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