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Lies, damned lies and statistics

Mark Twain

Phraseologism: Lies, damned lies and statistics.

Meaning: On the questionable credibility of statistical materials.

Origin: Full version: "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics", eng. "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics"). The expression gained fame thanks to Mark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens), who, in the publication of "A Chapter of My Autobiography" in the North American Review on July 5, 1907, attributed it to British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli: "Numbers are deceptive, especially when I deal with them myself, on this occasion, the statement attributed to Disraeli is true: "There are three kinds of lies: lies, blatant lies and statistics."

Random phraseology:

What, my dear, we have a thousand years in the yard?

Meaning:

Quoted as a commentary on an act or words that are clearly inconsistent with the requirements of the time (iron.).

Origin:

From the poem "About These Poems" (summer, 1917) by Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (1890-1960): "In the muffler, shielding myself with my palm, // Through the window I will shout to the children: // What, dear, do we have // A millennium in the yard?"

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