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Penelope fabric
Homer
Phraseologism: Penelope fabric.
Meaning: About sophisticated cunning (book).
Origin: Penelope, the wife of Odysseus (the hero of Homer's Odyssey), promised to choose from among the suitors who molested her after she finished weaving a veil for her old father-in-law Laertes. But every night she dismissed everything that she managed to do in a day. When her cunning was revealed, Odysseus returned and killed in a fierce battle all the applicants for the hand of his wife.
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God save us from such judges.
Meaning:
About unfriendly, unprofessional, biased criticism, about false authority.
Origin:
From the fable "The Donkey and the Nightingale" (1811) by I. A. Krylov (1769-1844). The donkey, listening to the singing of the Nightingale, expressed his regret to him: "It's a pity that you are unfamiliar with our rooster." From him, according to Osla, Nightingale should have learned the art of singing: "If only you were more sharpened, // When you would have learned a little from him." // Hearing such a court, my poor Nightingale // He fluttered and - flew to distant fields. // God save us from such judges." |
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