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Moth poetry
Saltykov-Shchedrin M.E.
Phraseologism: Moth poetry.
Meaning: Unprincipled art.
Origin: The expression of M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin. In an ironic review of "Poems" by Karolina Pavlova, published in No. 6 of Sovremennik, 1863, ridiculing her as a representative of "art for art's sake," Shchedrin wrote: and the most gullible of insects, and it comes in a straight line from the famous song about the siskin, then passes through Prince Shalikov and Mr. Shevyrev and ends with Mrs. Pavlova.All this poetry is nothing but a poetic application of pleasant manners to accidentally encountered objects ... She [Pavlova] does not care whoever she turns to, no matter what she sings, because it is not the objects of the outside world that strike her, but she strikes the objects of the outside world with the haberdashery of her address. Shchedrin called the unprincipled poetry he ridiculed "moth-like", referring to K. Pavlova's poem "Moth". In his review of A. N. Pleshcheev's "New Poems" ("Contemporary", 1864, No. 1), he again speaks of the "moth school" of poetry, referring Fet, Pavlova and other representatives of "pure art" to it. After Shchedrin, the epithet "butterfly" began to be ironically applied, in addition to poetry, to other areas of art and science.
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Poor in spirit.
Meaning:
People with a narrow outlook, low intellectual and spiritual demands (contempt.).
Origin:
From the Bible. Gospel of Matthew (chapter 5, article 3): "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." Previously used in the meaning: humble, devoid of pride people. Sometimes the poor, holy fools (blessed) were called that. |
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