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Blue bird

Maurice Maeterlinck

Phraseologism: Blue bird.

Meaning: Symbol of happiness.

Origin: From French: Oiseau bleu. The title of a play by the Belgian playwright and writer Maurice Maeterlinck (1862-1949), which tells about the adventures of the children of a poor woodcutter who set off in search of the Blue Bird, which, as the talking Oak said, is "the secret of things and happiness." And according to the Cat, "if a person finds the Blue Bird, he will know everything, see everything." The expression became popular after the first and, according to contemporaries, brilliant production of the play on the stage of the Moscow Art Theater on September 30, 1908.

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The expression was originally used in relation to wine poured into glasses.

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