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The darker the night, the brighter the stars

Pushkin A.S.

Phraseologism: The darker the night, the brighter the stars.

Meaning: In difficult times, talented people are most valuable.

Origin: From the poem "Don't Say..." (1882) by Apollon Nikolaevich Maikov (1821-1897): "Don't say that there is no salvation // That you are exhausted in sorrow: // The darker the night, the brighter the stars..." A. N. Maykov's poem "Don't Say..." is included in the cycle of his poems of the 80s, known as "From Apollodorus the Gnostic". As for this Apollodorus the Gnostic, the translations of which were allegedly made by A.N. Maikov, here is what the poet himself wrote about this character in the collection "Russian Antiquity" (1899): "Apollodorus the Gnostic is my invention ... I leave many in error (even philologists) that there is such a poet of the second century. Similar images, which are based on biblical lines, are also found in other Russian poets. For example, the poet of Pushkin's time, Pavel Katenin (Sonnet, 1835): "The thicker the darkness around, the brighter the shine of the star."

Random phraseology:

Not at ease.

Meaning:

Feel uncomfortable.

Origin:

Not at ease - this is a literal, but not corresponding to the meaning of the original translation from the French n'est pas dans son assiette - "not in the spirit, not in the mood." The word assiette means in French "mood, state of mind", as well as "plate".

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