Through the stump-deck (to bring down). Meaning, origin, examples of the use of phraseological units

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Through the stump-deck (to bring down)

Proverbs and sayings

Phraseologism: Through the stump-deck (to bring down).

Meaning: 1. Do smth. somehow, dishonestly, carelessly. 2. Indiscriminately, randomly. 3. Inconsistently, intermittently (simply disapproved).

Origin: There are two versions of the origin of this expression: 1) the expression arose among lumberjacks. Initially, the phraseologism was used in the form of a comparison - [to do smth.] how to bring down a deck through a stump, to bring down, as through a stump a deck, i.e. as inconvenient as dragging a thick log through a stump, 2) is associated with walking along windbreaks, where you go "over the stump into the deck", i.e., stepping over the next stump, you can get your foot into a rotten deck.

Random phraseology:

The blind lead the blind.

Meaning:

About bad leaders, leaders and the ignorant crowd obedient to them, who stand each other (iron., scorn.).

Origin:

From the Bible. New Testament (Gospel of Matthew, 15:14), the words of Jesus Christ: "Leave them: they are the blind leaders of the blind, and if the blind lead the blind, then both will fall into the pit."

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