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After us even the flood

Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson

Phraseologism: After us, even a flood.

Meaning: Quoted as an ironic commentary on the mindset and behavior of temporary workers, selfish consumers (disapproved).

Origin: The expression is erroneously attributed to the French king Louis XV. As his contemporaries testify in their memoirs, the author of these words is his favorite Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour (1721-1764). She told them to the king to console him after the defeat of the French troops at Rosbach (November 5, 1957) from the army of the Prussian king Frederick II the Great. Soon these words became the unspoken motto of the royal entourage, known for licentiousness, embezzlement and oblivion of public interests. The meaning of the expression: do not worry about what History or descendants will say about us, we must live only in the present, only today.

Random phraseology:

Much ado about nothing.

Meaning:

About great excitement, fuss over an insignificant occasion, about noisy, emotional, but essentially empty conversations.

Origin:

From English: Much ado about nothing. The title of a comedy (1600) by William Shakespeare (1564-1616), which became a proverb in this translation by Tatyana Lvovna Shchepkina-Kupernik (1874-1952).

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