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Soul catchers
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Phraseologism: Soul catchers.
Meaning: 1. Missionary. 2. A person who "traps the souls of men", winning hearts and minds, recruiting supporters, etc.
Origin: Original: Fishers of men. From the Bible. In the New Testament, in the Gospel of Matthew, there are the words spoken by Jesus to two fishermen - the future apostles Peter and Andrew (ch. 4, v. 18-19): "While passing near the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers: Simon, called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting their nets into the sea, for they were fishermen, and he said to them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men." In the story of the English writer Gilbert Keith Chesterton "Strange Steps", its main character, Pastor Brown, having found the stolen silverware of the Twelve Faithful Anglers club, tells the members of this club: "...Here are your silver fish. You see, you still caught them "And I'm a fisher of men." "So you caught the thief?" asked the Colonel, frowning. Father Brown looked straight at his displeased, stern face. "Yes, I caught him," he said, "caught him with an invisible hook on an invisible line, so long that he can go to the ends of the earth and still come back as soon as I pull." Later, this expression gave birth to another - "catchers of souls", which usually has a negative meaning and is used in relation to those who try, through various psychological methods, to subjugate others, turn them into blind, obedient instruments of their will, etc. (available in mind leaders of totalitarian sects and other manipulators of human consciousness).
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Eat the dog.
Meaning:
About someone who is an expert in something, has a wealth of experience in something.
Origin:
There are several versions of the origin of turnover: 1) turnover appeared in a peasant environment, agricultural work is hard: you get tired so that you would eat a dog from hunger, 2) Roman writers have a similar saying: "Linguam caninam comedit" (literally, "dog tongue ate ") - about someone who rants without measure and tirelessly, 3) phraseological unit goes back to a free combination of words, containing a mockery of Petrozavodsk residents who almost ate cabbage soup with dog meat at a wedding, 4) the expression appeared as a result of the reduction of the saying ate the dog, and choked on his tail. This proverb is used in relation to a person who has done something very difficult and stumbled over a trifle. |
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