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Little mistress of a big house

Jack London

Phraseologism: Little mistress of a big house.

Meaning: Used in the literal sense. Also jokingly: about a woman-head of a large firm, company, enterprise.

Origin: From English: A Little Lady of the Big House. The title of a novel (1916) by American writer Jack London (pseudonym of John Griffith, 1876-1916).

Random phraseology:

Sweet woman.

Meaning:

Beautiful, spectacular, sexually attractive woman.

Origin:

The title of the story (1973) by the Soviet writer Irina Alexandrovna Velembovskaya (pseudonym I. A. Shukhgalter, 1922-1990). The expression became popular after the film adaptation (1976, directed by Vladimir Fetin) of this story.

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