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Between the upper and the nether millstone

Friedrich Spielhagen

Phraseologism: Between the hammer and the anvil.

Meaning: About a difficult situation when danger threatens from two sides (jokingly-iron.).

Origin: From German: Hammer und Ambolt. Literally: "Hammer and anvil." "Between the Hammer and the Anvil" is the title of the Russian translation of the novel (1868) by the German writer Friedrich Spielhagen (1829-1911).

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The Soviet have their own pride.

Meaning:

About the feeling of dignity of a person who does not have some material wealth.

Origin:

From the poem "Broadway" (1925) by Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky (1893-1930): "I am delighted with the city of New York. // But I will not take off the cap from my temple. // The Soviets have their own pride: // We look down on the bourgeois" .

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