The bullet is a fool, the bayonet is well done. Meaning, origin, examples of the use of phraseological units

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Bullet - fool, bayonet - well done

Suvorov A.V.

Phraseologism: The bullet is a fool, the bayonet is well done.

Meaning: At present, in the new conditions of warfare, these words are used ironically, as a phrase-symbol of harmful conservatism, hatred, neglect of modern military technologies, etc.

Origin: From the "Suzdal Institution" manual for combat training of troops, written (1796) by commander Alexander Vasilievich Suvorov (1730-1800) and published (1806) under the title Science of Victory. Original: Save a bullet for three days, and sometimes for a whole campaign, as there is nowhere to get it. Shoot rarely, but accurately, if hard with a bayonet. The bullet will miss, the bayonet will not miss: the bullet is a fool, the bayonet is well done. The same idea of A. V. Suvorov is found in another of his aphorisms: "One person can stab three with a bayonet, where there are four, and a hundred bullets fly into the air" (Zavety Suvorov. M., 1943).

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Aesopian language.

Meaning:

Allegorical language, full of omissions, allusions, allegories.

Origin:

It comes from the name of the great fabulist of Ancient Greece, Aesop (VI century BC). Since Aesop was a slave and could not talk about the vices of those around him, he turned to the language of allegories, to the fabled form. The expression was made popular by the satirist writer Mikhail Evgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin (1826-1889), who, more than any other Russian writer, suffered from censorship bans. The expression "Aesopian language" is found in a number of his works - "All the Year Round", "Unfinished Conversations", "In the Environment of Moderation and Accuracy", etc. The same writer came up with his synonym - "slave language", which is found in his satires " Little things in life" (1886-1887), etc.

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