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Proverbs and sayings

Phraseologism: Kick wedge with a wedge.

Meaning: Destroy the results of any actions or any state by the same means by which they were called.

Origin: The proverb is associated with chopping firewood, in which logs are split by driving a wedge into a slot made with an ax. If the wedge gets stuck in the wood without splitting it, then it can be knocked out (and at the same time split the log) only with a second, thicker wedge. This everyday observation, like the proverb born on its basis, goes back to ancient times.

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The Golden Fleece.

Meaning:

Wealth, the mastery of which makes a lot of effort.

Origin:

The ancient Greek myth tells about the campaign of King Jason and his friends to Colchis (the eastern coast of the Black Sea) for the golden fleece - the golden skin of a magical ram. It was not easy to get this fleece: it was guarded by a dragon and bulls, spewing flames from their mouths. For the campaign, Jason built the ship "Argo" (from Greek - "fast"). By the name of this ship, all participants in the campaign began to be called Argonauts. Having overcome all obstacles with the help of the daughter of the Colchis king Eet Medea, the Greeks mastered the rune and returned with it to their homeland, to Hellas. The first to describe this myth was the legendary poet of ancient Greece, Pindar (518-422 BC). The word "Argonauts" is also used allegorically - navigators, lovers of sea voyages, adventurers (jokingly-iron.).

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