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We will show you Kuz'kin's mother!

Khrushchev N.S.

Phraseologism: We will show you Kuz'kin's mother!

Meaning: The phrase is a symbol of dangerous, capricious moods and statements in political practice.

Origin: The words of the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU, the head of the USSR Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev (1894-1971), spoken by him (1959) to US Vice President Richard Nixon. In the original: "We have means at our disposal that will have dire consequences for you. We will show you Kuzka's mother!" In Russia, a legend subsequently developed that these words of the Soviet leader were allegedly translated to the Americans literally as "Kuzma's mother", and they considered that this was some kind of new secret weapon of the Russians. In fact, the translator of the Soviet leader translated this expression, of course, allegorically: "We shall show you what is what", that is: "We will show you what is what." It is used as a playfully ironic threat to someone, usually with an allusion to the original source. Usually mentioned along with another phrase ("We will bury you") by the same author, also addressed to an American audience.

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The state is me.

Meaning:

To characterize persons occupying a leading position in the country and showing gross arbitrariness in their activities.

Origin:

The expression is attributed to the French king (1643-1715) Louis XIV, who allegedly said so in a meeting of parliament in 1655 (Dulaure, Histoire civile, physique et morale de Paris, 1853, p. 387). However, the belonging of this phrase to Louis XIV is refuted by historians. From the minutes of the said session of parliament published by Alexandre Roger, which was kept in the secret state archive, it is clear that the king did not utter this phrase (Roger Alexandre, Le Mshee de la conversation, Paris, 1901, p. 73). The magazine "Revue Britan-nique" (May, 1851) attributes this phrase to the English Queen (1558-1603) Elizabeth.

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