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Night of long knives

German
German

Phraseologism: Night of the Long Knives.

Meaning: Bloody conspiracy, rebellion.

Origin: From German: Die Nacht tier langen Messer. The code name of the operation (June 30, 1934), during which SS detachments destroyed the leadership of the SA assault detachments (stormtroopers). Earlier, the attack aircraft themselves threatened to arrange a "night of long knives" in Germany. Later, at a meeting of the Reichstag in the premises of the Royal Opera House (July 13, 1934), A. Hitler said: "The new, and this time bloody performance, which was dubbed the terrible name" Night of the Long Knives ", corresponded to my own thoughts." As the authors of the Polish reference book "Winged Words" (Warsaw, 1990) X. Markevich and A. Romanovsky point out, the source of this expression is the song of the assault detachments of the Nazi party: "let's sharpen long knives on the curb of the sidewalk."

Random phraseology:

Mage and Wizard.

Meaning:

1. A way to express admiration for an enterprising person who succeeds in everything, who is distinguished by dexterity in dealing with people, ingenuity, etc. (jokingly ironic). 2. At the address of an obvious adventurer and deceiver (underlined ironically).

Origin:

From the comedy "Krechinsky's Wedding" (1855) by playwright Alexander Vasilyevich Sukhov-Kobylin (1817-1903). Shuler Rasplyuev admires his colleague, the adventurer Krechinsky: "The great hero, magician and wizard! So he traveled around, he went around, he fooled a man for all eternity ... he fooled a usurer - and he will leave a great memory in itself."

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