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You can't cook porridge

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Phraseologism: You can't cook porridge.

Meaning: You will not agree, you will not do any business with anyone.

Origin: The expression is associated with the ancient ritual and ceremonial purpose of porridge and the process of its preparation. The joint preparation of ritual food testified to the desire to participate in the affairs of the entire community, to invest their share in the common "cauldron" (cf. classmate). A person who did not want to participate in the general ritual action was considered a stranger and unreliable. Hence - the condemnation, preserved in the form and content of the phraseological unit.

Random phraseology:

Donkey kick.

Meaning:

About a dismissive attitude towards a once strong, respected person, attacks on him and slander on the part of people who, until recently, kowtowed before him, fawned over (contempt.).

Origin:

From the fable "The Fox and the Donkey" (1825) by I. A. Krylov (1769-1844): "And I kicked him: // Let the donkey's hooves know."

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