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man in a case

Chekhov A.P.

Phraseologism: Man in a case.

Meaning: About someone who is closed in a circle of narrow, petty-bourgeois interests, fenced off from real life, afraid of innovations and changes.

Origin: The expression goes back to the story of the same name by A.P. Chekhov. The protagonist of this work is a teacher of ancient languages, Belikov, who completely fenced himself off from contemporary reality: "... This person had a constant and irresistible desire to surround himself with a shell, to create for himself, so to speak, a case that would seclude him, protect him from outside influences."

Random phraseology:

Like Christ in the bosom.

Meaning:

Completely safe.

Origin:

The place that we all have between the chest and clothes is commonly called the sinus. Pay attention to the old Russian clothes, samples of which are now kept in museums. There were practically no pockets. This tradition appeared much later. Therefore, our grandfathers and great-grandfathers had no choice but to hide a purse with money or something valuable precisely in their bosoms, next to the pectoral cross.

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