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Humiliated and insulted

Dostoevsky F.M.

Phraseologism: Humiliated and insulted.

Meaning: About people who suffer from the arbitrariness of officials, the powerful of this world, from difficult living conditions, etc.

Origin: Title of the novel (1861) by F. M. Dostoevsky (1821-1881).

Random phraseology:

Rotten liberalism.

Meaning:

About unscrupulousness, conciliation, connivance.

Origin:

Expression by M. E. Saltykov Shchedrin (1826-1889) from the satirical essay (1875) "Lord Molchalin" (from the cycle "In the Environment of Moderation and Accuracy").

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