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Dead, like Aubrey

Nestor the Chronicler
Nestor the Chronicler

Phraseologism: Dead, like aubry.

Meaning: Every one of them perish, an abyss without a trace.

Origin: From the chronicle of the monk of the Kiev-Pechersk monastery Nestor "The Tale of Bygone Years" (end of the XNUMXth - beginning of the XNUMXth century). "Aubrey" is the Old Slavonic name of the Avars (Obr) tribe, the neighbors of the ancient Slavs. The "Tale" says that around the VI century. Obry, having conquered the Slavic tribe of the Dulebs, began to do all sorts of violence against them. And then, as Nestor writes, God exterminated the invaders, "and not a single obrin remained. And there is a parable in Russia to this day: they perished, like an obri, their tribe has no heir (successors of the family)." It is characteristic that Nestor himself in this case means by "parable" exactly the winged words, a common saying in Russia, and he also gives the etymology of these words. Thus, the words "perished, like aubrey" is the oldest catch phrase in the Russian language dating back to at least the XNUMXth century.

Random phraseology:

The province has gone to write!

Meaning:

It is used jokingly and ironically about paperwork, bureaucratic red tape or, conversely, about the stormy, dynamic beginning of an important business.

Origin:

From the poem (vol. 1, ch. 8) "Dead Souls" (1842) by N. V. Gogol (1809-1852). The words that Chichikov, who appeared at the ball, utters at the sight of a dance in which the entire provincial secular society participates: "Galopad (the name of the dance) flew to the very bottom ... - Vaughn! The province went to write! - Chichikov said, stepping back..." The expression has a clearly bureaucratic origin: earlier in the provincial city ("province") there was a board and other offices, which, by virtue of their position, were naturally in charge of all the clerical work of the province and which had to conduct extensive correspondence with the "center".

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