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Sharashkina office

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Phraseologism: Sharashkin's office.

Meaning: An undignified, untrustworthy institution, enterprise, organization (simple disdain).

Origin: The possessive adjective sharashkina is explained by the dialect sharan "trash, squalor, crook". Sharashkin's office literally means "an institution, an organization of crooks, deceivers." From the turnover, in turn, the word sharaga "suspicious place or group of people" is formed.

Random phraseology:

Sand is pouring out of someone.

Meaning:

About a very old, decrepit man.

Origin:

The expression is tracing paper from the English "the sands are running out" (jokingly). There are two versions of the origin of the turnover. According to one of them, the metaphor is based on a comparison with an hourglass, which has long been used in medicine. The pouring sand in such watches was compared with the rapidly flowing human years. According to another version, the expression is associated with the release of small grains of salt from the body (in old age, stones can form in the kidneys and other organs).

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