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Walking is slippery on other pebbles
Tolstoy A.K.
Phraseologism: It can be slippery to walk on other pebbles.
Meaning: The formula for refusing to touch on dangerous and unpleasant topics in a conversation (joking ironically).
Origin: From the satirical poem "The History of the Russian State from Gostomysl to Timashev" (1868, published 1883) by Alexei Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817-1875): ". Hence the expression "Slippery topic".
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Servant to the king, father to the soldiers.
Meaning:
About the commander.
Origin:
From the poem "Borodino" (1837) by M. Yu. Lermontov (1814-1841): "Our colonel was born with a grip: // Servant to the tsar, father to soldiers ... // Yes, sorry for him: struck down by damask steel, // He sleeps in the damp earth." |
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