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Oh, this is not an easy job - to drag a hippopotamus out of the swamp!

Kornei Chukovsky

Phraseologism: Oh, this is not an easy job - to drag a hippopotamus out of the swamp!

Meaning: about hard, hard work (jokingly-iron.).

Origin: From the poetic fairy tale "Telephone" (1926) by the children's poet Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky (pseudonym of Nikolai Vasilyevich Korneichukov, 1882-1969).

Random phraseology:

Rebel loyalties are fickle.

Meaning:

You can not rely on the loyalty of people who have already changed once.

Origin:

From the play "The Conspiracy of Fiesco in Genoa" (1783) by the German poet and playwright Johann Friedrich Schiller (act. 5, fig. 5). The meaning of the expression: you should not trust those people who once rebelled against the legitimate authority - they can repeat this experience.

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