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Sprinkle ashes on your head

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Phraseologism: Sprinkle ash on your head.

Meaning: Indulge in extreme grief on the occasion of any loss, disaster (book).

Origin: From the Bible. It is found in many places of the Old Testament (Pentateuch, Book of Job, Book of Esther, etc.). Everywhere we have in mind the ancient custom of the Jews to sprinkle ashes or earth on their heads, mourning their misfortune or their loved ones. So, in the Book of Esther (4:1) it is said how a certain man named Mordecai, having learned that King Artaxerxes had issued a decree on the extermination of all the Jews, "tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out to middle of the city, and cried out with a great and bitter cry... "Vretishe" in translation from the Old Slavonic language means "rags" and "old, dilapidated clothes." Queen Esther does the same when she learns of this news (Book of Esther, 4:17): “And Queen Esther ran to the Lord, seized with mortal sorrow, and, having taken off her clothes of glory, she put on clothes of sorrow and mourning, and, instead of valuable suits, ashes and ashes sprinkled on her head ... "This custom was also characteristic of other peoples of the South and East. An analogue of another well-known expression is "to tear one's hair out."

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