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Poor Vanya was a coward

Pushkin A.S.

Phraseologism: Poor Vanya was a coward.

Meaning: About a cowardly, timid person (jokingly-iron.).

Origin: From the poem "The Ghoul" (1834) by A. S. Pushkin (1799-1837): "Poor Vanya was a coward: // Since he was late at times, // Covered in sweat, pale with fear, // He went home through the cemetery."

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Meaning:

About untalented people.

Origin:

The final lines of the poem "Knight for an Hour" (1863) by N. A. Nekrasov (1821-1877): "You are not yet in the grave, you are alive, // But for the cause you are dead for a long time. // Good impulses are destined for you, // But nothing can be done..."

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