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What fly has bitten

Proverbs and sayings

Phraseologism: What a fly has bitten.

Meaning: About someone who is not in the spirit, angry, angry, about the strange behavior of someone.

Origin: The expression is tracing paper from the French "quelle mouche vous pique?" It goes back to superstitious ideas (common among the Slavs) that the devil could turn into flies, horseflies, beetles and other insects. Penetrating into the mouth, nose, ear or biting a person, he made him demon-possessed, causing him to lose his temper, get nervous, get angry.

Random phraseology:

They argue, make noise and disperse.

Meaning:

An ironic commentary on empty, meaningless conversations, discussions.

Origin:

From the comedy "Woe from Wit" (1824) by A. S. Griboyedov (1795-1829). Famusov's words (act. 2, yavl. 5) about the old frondeurs who will find fault with "To this, to this, and more often to nothing, // They will argue, make some noise and ... disperse."

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