Will the light fail, or should I not drink tea? Meaning, origin, examples of the use of phraseological units

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Will the light fail, or should I not drink tea?

Dostoevsky F.M.

Phraseologism: Will the light fail, or should I not drink tea?

Meaning: An ironic phrase-a symbol of extreme individualism, selfishness.

Origin: The words of the protagonist of the story "Notes from the Underground" (1864) by F. M. Dostoevsky (1821-1881): "Will the light fail, or should I not drink tea? I will say that the light will fail, but so that I always drink tea."

Random phraseology:

Don't interfere with my well-being.

Meaning:

The phrase is a symbol of tyranny, courage, revelry, etc. (ironic).

Origin:

An expression from "Scenes of Merchant Life" (1861) by the writer, storyteller and actor Ivan Fedorovich Gorbunov (1831-1895). In the 2nd scene of this play of his, the coachman talks about his merchant owner: "It happened that he did - passion! He will break glass, dishes in a tavern: receive, he says, capital for everything that is worth, but do not interfere with my good health!" In the 60s. XNUMXth century this phrase, as a common characteristic of tyranny, is found in many Russian writers, in particular Dostoevsky, but it owes its birth to I. F. Gorbunov.

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