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Look back in anger

John Osborne

Phraseologism: Look back in anger.

Meaning: Quoted as a call for calm, sound consideration of the problem.

Origin: From English: "Look back in anger". The title of a play (1956, Russian translation 1959) by English playwright John Osborne (1929-1994) about post-war English youth who come into conflict with traditional social values.

Random phraseology:

The song of the triumphant pig.

Meaning:

It is used as an ironic commentary on the noisy triumph of an unworthy person or on the declaration of some dubious principles.

Origin:

This was the title of a series of satirical couplets by the Russian poetess Anna Pavlovna Barykova (1839-1893), directed against the conformism and cowardice of the Russian layman. The couplets also had a very specific addressee: in the image of a "triumphant pig" the poetess captured her ideological opponent - a publicist and editor-in-chief of the pro-government newspaper Moskovskiye Vedomosti Mikhail Katkov. The refrain of these verses was also popular - "I proudly, boldly say: oink-oink!".

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