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Filkin's diploma
Muscovy
Phraseologism: Filkina letter.
Meaning: About an empty, worthless paper, a document that has no power (contempt.).
Origin: There are several versions of the origin of a phraseological unit: 1) originally it was a letter written by an illiterate person of the "vile class", dupes. Simpleton - from the Greek. Philip, Russian Phil, Filka. Bars often called their servants this name, 2) the expression was formed according to the model of turnovers spiritual letter, bill of sale, etc. from the figurative meaning of the name Filka - "stupid, narrow-minded person", 3) the meaning "shish, kukish" was reflected in the Filk component , 4) the origin of the turnover is attributed to the time of Ivan the Terrible, who called so with contempt the revealing letters-messages of Metropolitan Philip of Moscow, who protested against the oprichnina and excesses of the tsar.
Random phraseology:
All in the past.
Meaning:
About sadness, sadness, regret about the past and the irretrievable.
Origin:
Title of painting (1889) by Russian artist Vladimir Maksimovich Maksimov (1844-1911), located in the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. The canvas depicts an old lady in an armchair, who is dozing in the garden against the backdrop of an old landowner's house with boarded up windows. Next to her is an old maid serving as a companion, who knits a stocking. |
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