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Knight without fear and reproach

Pierre Terraille de Bayard

Phraseologism: Knight without fear and reproach.

Meaning: About a brave and honest man (jokingly-iron.).

Origin: From French: "Le Chevalier sans peur et sans reproche". The title that the King of France Francis I granted to the famous French knight Pierre de Terraille Bayard (1476-1524), who became famous for his exploits in battles and victories in tournaments. In addition, the king appointed him as commander of the company of his personal guard, thereby equating him with the princes of the blood, and also honored him with knighting the king himself, that is, Francis himself. Bayard died in one of the battles in Italy. Dying, he asked his comrades to lean him against a tree so that he could die the way he always wanted - standing, facing the enemy. The title of "knight without fear and reproach" was also worn by another outstanding commander of France - Louis de la Tremouy (1460-1525). This expression became common after the anonymous French novel (1527) was widely circulated under the title "A most pleasant, amusing and restful story composed by an honest servant about the events and deeds, successes and exploits of a good knight without fear and reproach, the glorious lord Bayard."

Random phraseology:

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".

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