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Cold war

Bernard Baruch

Phraseologism: Cold War.

Meaning: Extremely hostile relations between states, but not reaching a direct armed conflict - constant balancing on the brink of war and peace, in relations between people - tense, strained relations on the verge of open hostility.

Origin: From English: "Cold war". For the first time it is found in the speech of the American politician Bernard Baruch (1870-1965). "Today we are in a state of cold war," Baruch told the South Carolina legislature on April 16, 1947. The "cold war" term was suggested by his assistant publicist Herbert Swan. But this expression became widely known and commonly used thanks to the American journalist Walter Lippman, who wrote a number of articles on this subject in the New York Tribune. In November 1947, his articles were published as a separate book entitled "The Cold War. On US Foreign Policy."

Random phraseology:

Here you are, (grandmother), and St. George's Day.

Meaning:

About unexpectedly unfulfilled hopes, sudden changes for the worse, a sharp restriction of freedom of action (ironic, joking).

Origin:

Previously, the expression came from the time of medieval Russia, when the peasants had the right, having settled with the previous landowner, to move on to a new one. According to the law issued by Ivan the Terrible, such a transition could take place only after the completion of agricultural work, and specifically a week before St. George's Day (November 25, according to the old style, when the Great Martyr George, the patron saint of farmers, was celebrated) or a week later. After the death of Ivan the Terrible, such a transition was prohibited and the peasants were fixed to the land. Then the expression "Here's to you, grandmother, and St. George's Day" was born as an expression of chagrin due to changed circumstances. St. George was popularly called Yegoriy, therefore at the same time the word "cheat" arose, that is, to deceive, to cheat.

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