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Devoted without flattery

Pushkin A.S.

Phraseologism: Devoted without flattery.

Meaning: About people flatteringly bowing before an influential person (book iron.).

Origin: Betrayed without flattery - the coat of arms motto of A. A. Arakcheev (1769-1834), assigned to him by Paul I. This hypocritical characterization of a cruel general, known for his merciless military and police actions, was ridiculed by the progressive society of Russia. A. S. Pushkin's epigram "Na Arakcheeva" ("The oppressor of all Russia ...") contributed to the spread of a pun based on the homonymy of the words "without" and "demon".

Random phraseology:

Information for consideration.

Meaning:

About some important information, over which it makes sense to think about it, carefully analyze it, etc. (jokingly ironic).

Origin:

From the multi-part television feature film "Seventeen Moments of Spring" (1973), directed by Tatyana Lioznova based on the story of the same name (1969) and written by Yulian Semyonovich Semyonov (1931-1993). These words precede those episodes of the film in which the Soviet intelligence officer Isaev (Stirlitz) gets acquainted with the dossier on the top leaders of the Third Reich. Apparently, Semyonov simply literally translated into Russian a set phrase that has long been used in many European languages, such as French.

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