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Strain out a mosquito
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Phraseologism: Strain out the mosquito.
Meaning: Take care of the little things, forgetting about the main thing.
Origin: From the Bible. The Gospel of Matthew (ch. 23, v. 24) quotes the words of Jesus Christ about people who seem to be scrupulous, conscientious in insignificant matters, but in important matters they forget about their conscience: "Blind leaders, straining a gnat, but devouring a camel!" "Drain" in translation from the Church Slavonic language - to purify the liquid by passing it through a fine sieve, cloth, etc.
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This does not depend on me.
Meaning:
About the removal of responsibility for the onset of some event or the consequences associated with it (jokingly-iron.).
Origin:
From the fairy tale "About the Zealous Boss", which is part of the series of satirical essays "Modern Idyll" (1882) by Mikhail Evgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin (1826-1889). A slow-witted official, reading in one of the papers submitted to him for consideration: "It is necessary to close America again," remarks: "But it seems that this does not depend on me." |
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