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Hold on tight to the steering wheel, driver!

"Where the Asphalt Ends"

Phraseologism: Hold on tight to the steering wheel, driver!

Meaning: A call to the driver to be more careful, careful driving (jokingly ironic).

Origin: A line from "The Driver's Song" in the Brazilian film "Where the Asphalt Ends" (directed by Osvaldo Sampaio, in the Soviet box office since 1961). Music - K. Santoro. Russian text - G. Nikitinsky.

Random phraseology:

All is lost except honor.

Meaning:

About a great loss while maintaining pride.

Origin:

The expression belongs to the French king Francis I (1494-1547). Defeated by the troops of Charles V and taken prisoner at Pavia in 1525, he, according to Simond-Sismondi in Histoire des Frangais (1821-1844, vol. 16, pp. 241-242), sent his mother a letter containing to himself only one phrase: "All is lost, except honor."

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