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Pass fire, water and copper pipes

Proverbs and sayings
Proverbs and sayings

Phraseologism: Pass fire, water and copper pipes.

Meaning: Pass all conceivable tests that can only be encountered in a person's life. Under "fire" and "water" are meant only "physical" tests (will, courage, courage, etc.), under "copper pipes" - moral (the most difficult): tests with "fanfares", "copper pipes", then is fame, popularity. And not everyone who has previously successfully passed "fire" and "water" can withstand it.

Origin: The authorship of this expression is almost impossible to establish: it has been known since antiquity and is found in different, but identical in meaning, versions by Aristophanes, Plutarch, Virgil, Horace and other authors.

Random phraseology:

Khlestakov.

Meaning:

A common noun for people of a bouncer and dreamer (contempt., iron.).

Origin:

The protagonist of the comedy "The Government Inspector" (1836) by N. V. Gogol (1809-1852). Hence "Khlestakovism" - shameless, boastful lies and narcissism (deprecating, ironic).

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