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Distribution of elephants

Ilya Ilf and Yevgeny Petrov

Phraseologism: Distribution of elephants.

Meaning: About the distribution of money, benefits (joking or ironic).

Origin: The expression is a quote from a poster that Ostap Bender, the hero of I. Ilf and E. Petrov's novel "The Golden Calf", carries with him. It is an abbreviation of the expression "free distribution of elephants" from M. Zoshchenko's feuilleton "Life Everywhere" (1928).

Random phraseology:

Headlong.

Meaning:

About someone's very fast, rushing and reckless movement somewhere.

Origin:

There are several versions of the origin of the turnover: 1) the expression is associated with an ancient belief: in order to protect oneself from evil spirits and the dangers associated with it, it was enough to draw a circle around oneself. This feature, spoken by a special prayer, acquired a magical property: the evil spirit had no power over a person outlined in such a circle. Old Russian warriors, entering into battle, outlined a magic circle above their heads with the end of the sword, protecting themselves from death. The expression came from this military rite, 2) the expression is the result of a contamination of turns around and headlong, 3) the saying was born in late Christian times and is associated with the custom of being baptized before serious work. Hurried people were baptized quickly, which visually resembled a circle around the head with three fingers.

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