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Philemon and Baucis
Ovid
Phraseologism: Philemon and Baucis.
Meaning: Elderly and inseparable spouses devoted to each other, touchingly caring for each other (joking).
Origin: The Roman poet Ovid (43 BC - c. 18 AD) in his Metamorphoses tells how a poor married couple - Philemon and Baucis - cordially received Jupiter and Mercury, who came to them in in the form of two unknown weary travelers. Both Philemon and Baucis were the only ones in the whole region who agreed to let strangers in for the night, although there were houses nearby that were both larger and richer. Then, as a punishment, the gods flooded the entire area surrounding the house of the married couple, and their dwelling was not only spared, but also turned into a temple, in which the owners of the house became priests. And the gods fulfilled their desire: arranged so that they died at the same time. At the same time, Philemon turned into an oak, and Baucis into a linden. So after death they continued their life together.
Random phraseology:
Don't be intimidated!
Meaning:
It is cited as a historical Stolypin phrase - a symbol of steady political will.
Origin:
The words of the chairman of the Council of Ministers of Russia, Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin (1862-1911), spoken by him (March 6, 1907) in the State Duma to the deputies of the left factions - in the order of "clarification after the debate." In the original: "These attacks are calculated to cause paralysis and will and thoughts in the government, in power, and they all boil down to two words addressed to power:" Hands up. "At these two words, gentlemen, the government with full calmly, with the consciousness of his rightness, he can answer with only two words: "You will not intimidate!" |
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