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Mene, tekel, peres (mene, tekel, uparsin)

Bible
Bible

Phraseologism: Mene, tekel, peres (mene, tekel, uparsin).

Meaning: About a man with unreasonably high conceit

Origin: From the Bible. In the Old Testament, in the Book of the Prophet Daniel, it is told how the Babylonian king Belshazzar saw a hand appear in the air, writing mysterious fiery signs on the wall. This happened when the king was at a feast with his entourage. The prophet Daniel, who was called to interpret what was written, said that the writings speak of the imminent death of Belshazzar and the division of his kingdom (ch. 5, vv. 23-28): "... God, in whose hand is your breath and with whom all your ways, you did not glorify. For this, the hand was sent from Him and this scripture was inscribed. And this is what is inscribed: mene, mene, tekel, uparsin. This is the meaning of the words: me - God numbered your kingdom and put an end to it, Tekel - you are weighed on the scales and found very light, Peres - your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians. On the same night, Belshazzar was killed, and Darius the Mede ascended his throne, who divided Belshazzar's kingdom between his 120 satraps, headed by three princes, one of whom was the prophet Daniel. Since in this chapter of the Book of Daniel there are two versions of the mysterious writings (the first is the one that Daniel reads, the second is the one that he interprets), they are found and cited on an equal footing in world literature. A call to look around and think. Usually expressed in words (a common version of the Russian translation of biblical words): "counted, weighed and found very light."

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Broad is my native land.

Meaning:

Usually about the Soviet Union.

Origin:

From "Songs about the Motherland" (1936), written by Isaak Dunayevsky to the verses of the poet Vasily Ivanovich Lebedev-Kumach (1898-1949) for the film "Circus" (1936, director Grigory Alexandrov): "My native country is wide, // There is a lot in it forests, fields and rivers, / I don’t know another country like this, / Where a person breathes so freely.

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