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Shoe a flea
Leskov N.S.
Phraseologism: Shoe a flea.
Meaning: Show extraordinary invention in some business, surpassing or outsmarting someone.
Origin: The expression gained wingedness after the appearance of N. S. Leskov's story "Lefty" (1881), which was created on the basis of a folk joke: "The British made a flea out of steel, and our Tula people shod it and sent it back to them."
Random phraseology:
Lead by the nose.
Meaning:
To deceive, deceive.
Origin:
According to the most common version, the turnover is associated with a way to control animals (bulls, horses, etc.), which are driven with the help of a ring threaded through the nostrils. The expression could also have arisen from a comparison with bears, which the gypsies also paraded for a nose ring. |
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