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No hind legs (sleep)

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Phraseologism: Without hind legs (to sleep).

Meaning: Very strong, unrelenting.

Origin: The expression arose on the basis of observations on animals: after work, the horse lies down and sleeps, completely relaxing its hind legs, if you try to raise it, it will stand on its front legs, and its hind legs will not obey. Initially, the turnover meant "sleep without moving from fatigue."

Random phraseology:

Don't sleep, don't sleep, artist, don't indulge in sleep.

Meaning:

It is jokingly-ironically quoted as a way to cheer up, to encourage action.

Origin:

From the poem "Night" (1956) by the poet Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (1890-1960): "Do not sleep, do not sleep, artist, // Do not indulge in sleep, // You are a hostage of eternity // Captured by time."

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