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Breed antimony

Latin
Latin

Phraseologism: Breed antimony.

Meaning: Conduct empty, unnecessarily long and distracting conversations from something serious, show excessive softness, condescension in relations with someone.

Origin: From the Latin name of antimony (antimonium), which was used as a medicinal and cosmetic agent, after grinding it and then dissolving it. Antimony is poorly soluble, so the process was very long and laborious. And while it was dissolving, the pharmacists had endless conversations.

Random phraseology:

This is more than a crime: it is a mistake.

Meaning:

About the significant negative consequences of a decision, an act.

Origin:

The expression is erroneously attributed to the French Foreign Minister Talleyrand, or the Minister of Police Fouche, who allegedly commented on the execution of the Duke of Enghien, carried out on the orders of Napoleon I. The Legislative Commission that developed the famous Napoleonic Civil Code. Talleyrand could not say these words just because it was he who convinced Napoleon of the need for this execution, which the French emperor later repeatedly reproached him with. There is another version of the phrase: "This is worse than a crime: this is a mistake."

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