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Scoundrel

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Phraseologism: Scoundrel.

Meaning: A vile, low, dishonorable person, a scoundrel.

Origin: The word "mean" goes back to the common Slavic basis "mean", which meant "underneath, low, earthly", hence the meaning "simple, common people". Remember from Russian literature the expression "mean people" - that is, "common people." The negative meaning of "mean" (in the moral sense) has been known since the middle of the XNUMXth century.

Random phraseology:

Fear created the gods.

Meaning:

Religion was created by man's fear of nature, the ability to solve difficult everyday situations, the achievement of psychological compensation, etc.

Origin:

From Latin: Primus in orbe deos fecit timor. Translation: The gods were created for the first time in the world by fear. From the poem "Thebaids" by the Roman poet Publius Papilius Statius (1674st century AD). The expression became popular after the French playwright Prosper Joliot Crebillon (1762-1714) used it in his tragedy Xerxes (XNUMX), writing: "Fear made gods, daring made kings."

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