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Word and deed

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Phraseologism: Word and deed.

Meaning: About denunciations, testimonies.

Origin: Words that in Russia XIV-XVIII centuries. (before the reign of Catherine II) meant that the person who shouted them out wanted to give important evidence about a crime plotted against the royal person, that is, treason. To the exclamation "Word and deed!" guards immediately appeared, an investigation began, as a rule, with the use of torture, and often they tortured not only the one who was denounced, but also the scammer himself. Often this custom was used by people accused of an ordinary criminal offense who wanted to play for time or slander their accuser. Therefore, in court cases of that time, the expression "he said his word and deed" is often found. This institution of official denunciation and slander flourished especially during the reign of Peter I. It was destroyed (1762) by Catherine II as an odious institution of Russian statehood.

Random phraseology:

In the seventh heaven (to be).

Meaning:

Experience great joy, happiness, bliss.

Origin:

The turnover is associated with ancient ideas about the structure of the world, described by Aristotle in the essay "On Heaven". Aristotle believed that the sky consists of seven motionless crystal spheres, on which stars and planets are fixed. According to another version: the expression is associated with ideas about the sky as about seven rotating crystal spheres-heavens. Paradise is located on the upper sphere farthest from Earth.

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