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Sphinx riddle
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Phraseologism: Sphinx riddle.
Meaning: 1. Tasks that require great intelligence and wit to solve them, 2. something incomprehensible, mysterious, insoluble (book).
Origin: In Greek mythology, the Sphinx is a monster with the face and chest of a woman, the body of a lion and the wings of a bird, who lived on a rock near the city of Thebes. The Sphinx lay in wait for travelers and asked them riddles, killing those who did not solve them. When the Theban king Oedipus solved the riddles given to him, the monster took his own life.
Random phraseology:
Husband overeat pears.
Meaning:
About a stupid wife (iron.).
Origin:
The exact origin of the expression has not yet been established. It is possible that it turned out to be a random playful rhyme. Another version points to the Chinese pear as the "culprit" of male infertility. Finally, thirdly, you can not eat pears in the morning and on an empty stomach - it is fraught with indigestion. Much better - to pay more attention to his wife. And the expression means something like this: there is a husband, but where is he and what does he do - go, understand! |
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