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Not a mouse, not a frog, but an unknown animal

Pushkin A.S.

Phraseologism: Not a mouse, not a frog, but an unknown little animal.

Meaning: Ironically about some strange creature or hero of some ridiculous fiction.

Origin: From "The Tale of Tsar Saltan ..." (1831) by A. S. Pushkin (1799-1837): "The queen gave birth in the night, // Either a son, or a daughter, // Not a mouse, not a frog, // And an unknown animal."

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Quoted as a playfully ironic commentary on someone's thoughtful, speculative reasoning on this topic.

Origin:

The title of an article by Alexander Isaevich Solzhenitsyn (b. 1918) published simultaneously (September 18, 1990) in Literaturnaya Gazeta and Komsomolskaya Pravda.

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