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Crocodile tears

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Phraseologism: Crocodile tears.

Meaning: Feigned sadness, insincere regrets.

Origin: The expression arose in Russian as a result of a literal translation of the complex German word "Krokodilstranen". The appearance of the corresponding formation in the German language is associated with the belief that when a crocodile devours a victim, it sheds tears (cf. in the Alphabet Book of the XNUMXth century: "Korkodil, a water beast ... When you have a man to eat, then he cries and sobs, but the food does not stop").

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Utopia.

Meaning:

A common noun for all sorts of unrealistic, ideological, complacent social projects (iron.).

Origin:

Initially, the expression meant a fantastic, fictional, non-existent country. The word became popular thanks to the English thinker, Chancellor of England Thomas More (1478-1535), who published (1516) in Latin an essay entitled "On the best state of the state and on the new island of Utopia." In it, the writer painted a picture of a society of social harmony and general well-being. The name of the island is formed from two Greek words - the negation of "not" and the noun "place" - and is translated either as "non-place" or "a place that does not exist anywhere."

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