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Brevity is the soul of wit

Chekhov A.P.

Phraseologism: Brevity is the soul of wit.

Meaning: Advice "(to the writer, speaker) to be brief, to state only the essence of the matter (jokingly-iron.).

Origin: From a letter dated April 11, 1889, from Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (I860-1904) to his brother Alexander: "Did you write a play? [...] My advice: in a play, try to be original and as smart as possible, but don't be afraid to look stupid, freethinking is needed, but only that freethinker who is not afraid to write nonsense. Do not lick, do not grind, but be clumsy and impudent. Brevity is the sister of talent "(Poln. sobr. soch. T. XIV. M., 1949).

Random phraseology:

Not yet evening.

Meaning:

Nothing, despite the failures, we will still show ourselves, all the best is yet to come (jokingly-self-iron.).

Origin:

From the play (scene 6) "Sunset" (1928) by Isaac Emmanuilovich Babel (1894-1940). The expression became popular after it was used by V. S. Vysotsky as the title of one of his songs (1968), became the title of the film (1975), directed by Nikolai Rozantsev based on the script by M. Ganin, and also sounded like a refrain in the song (published . 1985) by R. Pauls, written to the verses of the poet I. Reznik.

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