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Mud rakes

Theodore Roosevelt

Phraseologism: Mud rakes.

Meaning: About press workers conducting their own investigation (ironic), about journalists looking for compromising materials for sensational publications (contempt.).

Origin: From English: Muckrakers. Literally: "People with dung forks." The words of the 26th President of the United States (1901-1909) Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), which he said in a speech (April 14, 1906) about critical American journalists who closely followed the actions of the government and "the powers that be" and revealed their bad deeds. T. Roosevelt repeated this expression in his other speeches. The original source of the expression is the poem of the English poet John Bunyan (1628-1688) "The Pilgrim's Way" (1678), in the second part of which it is said about "the man with the muckrake".

Random phraseology:

Put it on the back burner.

Meaning:

Give the case a long delay, delay its decision for a long time.

Origin:

1. Perhaps this expression originated in Muscovite Russia, three hundred years ago. Tsar Alexei, father of Peter I, ordered in the village of Kolomenskoye in front of his palace to install a long box where anyone could drop their complaint. Complaints fell, but it was very difficult to wait for a decision: months and years passed. The people renamed this "long" box to "long". It is possible that the expression, if not born, was fixed in speech later, in "presences" - institutions of the 2th century. The then officials, accepting various petitions, complaints and petitions, undoubtedly sorted them, laying them out in different boxes. "Long" could be called the one where the most unhurried things were put off. It is clear that the petitioners were afraid of such a box, XNUMX) the most insignificant and unhurried petitions and complaints were put aside in the long drawer of the desk in Russian offices. Perhaps this is a tracing paper from the German language: etwas in die lange Truhe legen

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