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Born to crawl can not fly

Maksim Gorky

Phraseologism: Born to crawl cannot fly.

Meaning: An adherent of base interests and passions is not capable of high deeds and self-sacrifice.

Origin: From the poem in prose "The Song of the Falcon" (1898) by Maxim Gorky (pseudonym of Alexei Maksimovich Peshkov, 1868-1936). It is possible that Gorky used a similar expression from the fable "The Man and the Cow" by the Russian poet-fabulist of the 1745th century. Ivan Ivanovich Khemnitser (1784-XNUMX). The fable tells how one day a man decided to saddle a cow and ride it, but she “fell off” under the rider: “A cow did not learn to ride. // And therefore it should know: // Who was born to crawl, he can’t fly.”

Random phraseology:

Homeric laughter.

Meaning:

Uncontrollable, loud, rolling laughter (book).

Origin:

The expression originated from the description of the laughter of the gods in Homer's poems "Iliad" and "Odyssey". The epithet "Homeric" is also used in the meaning: plentiful, huge.

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