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On one word of honor
Comin 'in on a wing and a prayer
Phraseologism: On one honest word.
Meaning: About something that is barely holding on, loosely attached, about to fall, etc. (a button, a car fender, a fence board, etc.).
Origin: The original source is an English song about military pilots "On parole and one wing" ("Comin' in on a wing and a prayer" - literally On one wing and with a prayer), written (1943) by composer J. McHugh to the words of Harold Adamson ( 1906-1980). It was very popular in the USA and Great Britain during the Second World War. After the song was translated (1945) into Russian (under the name "Bombers") by S. Voloshin and T. Sikorskaya, it became popular in the Soviet Union, and the expression "on one word of honor" ("stay on one word of honor ") has firmly entered the modern Russian language.
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Circe.
Meaning:
An insidious, dangerous beauty who can subdue her will, "bewitch", etc.
Origin:
From the poem "Odyssey" by the legendary poet of Ancient Greece Homer (IX century BC). Circe is an insidious sorceress who, in the Odyssey, turns Odysseus' companions into pigs with the help of a magical drink. And only Odysseus, to whom the patron of all travelers, the god Hermes, gave an antidote in the form of a magical plant, was able to resist this delusion and remained a man. Then Circe offered him her love. After making her first swear that she would restore the human form to his comrades and that she was not plotting anything evil against him, Odysseus agreed to her proposal. |
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