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Who are you laughing at? You are laughing at yourself!

Gogol N.V.

Phraseologism: Who are you laughing at? You are laughing at yourself!

Meaning: Used in the literal sense.

Origin: In the original: "What are you laughing at? You are laughing at yourself!" From the comedy "The Inspector General" (1836) by N.V. Gogol (1809-1852), the words of the Governor (act. 5, fig. 8): "Look ... look how foolish the governor is ... Not only will you go to a laughingstock - there is a clicker, a paper scribbler, he will insert you into a comedy, that's a shame! A rank, he will not spare the title, and they will all bare their teeth and clap their hands. What are you laughing at? You are laughing at yourself!. Eh, you ... "

Random phraseology:

Blue Dream, Blue Flower.

Meaning:

An idyllic, often unattainable dream

Origin:

According to one version, the expression appeared under the influence of the popular fairy tale play by M. Maeterlinck "The Blue Bird". According to another version, the turnover - an inaccurate tracing-paper from the German "die blauе Blume" - "blue flower", goes back to the novel by the German writer Novalis "Heinrich von Ofterdingen" (1802). The blue flower is a symbol of a high and unrealizable dream, dreamed of by a young poet.

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