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A helpful fool is more dangerous than an enemy

Krylov I.A.

Phraseologism: A helpful fool is more dangerous than an enemy.

Meaning: About an inept, awkward service that brings harm, trouble instead of help.

Origin: From the fable "The Hermit and the Bear" (1807) by I. A. Krylov (1769-1844): "Although the service is dear to us in need, // But not everyone knows how to take it: // God forbid to contact a fool! // A helpful fool is more dangerous than an enemy." This moral precedes the fable itself, which tells about the service that the Bear rendered to his friend the Hermit (the hermit): with a stone ("that there is strength"), he killed a fly that sat on the forehead of a sleeping comrade, and with it the Hermit himself.

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Shabby look.

Meaning:

Untidy, unkempt appearance

Origin:

Peter I at one time transferred the weaving factory founded by him to one merchant - Ivan Zatrapeznikov. The factory produced coarse and cheap cloth. Since then, a man in a crumpled, shabby and dirty dress has been said to have a shabby appearance.

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