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Silent angel flew by

Zhukovsky VA

Phraseologism: A quiet angel has flown by.

Meaning: About the sudden silence during a lively conversation, argument, discussion (joking).

Origin: The primary source is the poem "Two were and one more" (1831) by the Russian poet Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky (1783-1852): "Everyone was silent: as if a quiet angel had blown." "Veil" means "fly".

Random phraseology:

Horns and hooves.

Meaning:

About a deliberately fraudulent enterprise (jokingly-ironic).

Origin:

Title of the 15th chapter of the satirical novel The Golden Calf (1931) by Soviet writers Ilya Ilf (1897-1937) and Yevgeny Petrov (1903-1942). It speaks of a fictitious enterprise - "an office for the preparation of horns and hooves", organized by the great strategist Ostap Bender.

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