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Honor to the madman who will inspire humanity with a golden dream
Pierre Jean Beranger
Phraseologism: Honor to the madman who will inspire humanity with a golden dream.
Meaning: About the dream of universal happiness.
Origin: From the poem "Mad Men" by the French poet Pierre Jean Beranger (1780-1857) translated (1862) by Vasily Stepanovich Kurochkin (1831-1875): "Gentlemen! will bring // Mankind a golden dream!"
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Stay with your nose.
Meaning:
Fail, let yourself be fooled.
Origin:
The nose in this expression does not mean at all a part of the face, as you might think, it is a verbal noun from the verb to bear. According to one version, this refers to the nose that the groom, according to ancient custom, brought to the bride's parents (ie, "offering", "gift", "ransom"). If the groom was refused, the gift was rejected, then the groom remained "with a nose." According to another version (however, close to the first), the word nose is used here in the meaning of "offering", "bribe". In this case, to stay with the nose meant "to leave with an unaccepted offering, a bribe, to leave without an agreement." |
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