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Russians are coming!

Nathaniel Benchley

Phraseologism: Russians are coming!

Meaning: The phrase is a symbol of unfounded (on the verge of hysteria) fears of the Soviet (Russian) invasion of the United States (Great Britain).

Origin: From English: The Russians Are Coming! From the title of a satirical novel ("The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming!", 1961) by writer Nathaniel Benchley (1915-1981), who wrote about a hypothetical Soviet invasion of Great Britain. The title of the novel is a paraphrase-parody of the American Revolutionary War-era historical phrase from the British Empire, "The English are coming!" ("The British are coming!"). With these words, according to legend, Paul Revere informed the American militia in Lexington about the approach of the enemy (April 18, 1775). The expression became very popular after the film adaptation of Benchley's novel in 1966.

Random phraseology:

Down with the weapons!

Meaning:

It is used as a call for peace, for the renunciation of aggression, the arms race.

Origin:

From German: Die Waffen nieder! The title of a novel (1889) by the Austrian pacifist writer Bertha von Sutner (1843-1914), directed against war and the arms race or, as they called it at the time, "leaps" of arms.

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