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Jester Balakirev

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Phraseologism: Jester Balakirev.

Meaning: Cheerful, joker, the soul of the company.

Origin: Ivan Alexandrovich Balakirev (1699-1763) - a trusted servant of Emperor Peter I and his wife Catherine I, later court jester of Empress Anna Ioannovna. He enjoyed the fame of a great wit and joker. His name became popular after the book "Collection of Balakirev's Anecdotes" was published in 1830, which then went through more than 70 editions. The book was a collection of witticisms and funny stories from different European countries, but attributed to Balakirev. The name Balakirev has become a household name for every merry fellow, joker, etc. Apparently, this was facilitated by the surname itself - Balakirev, consonant with the verbs "joke", "balakat" (dialect.), that is, chat, talk.

Random phraseology:

To make mountains out of molehills.

Meaning:

To greatly exaggerate something, to attach great importance to something insignificant.

Origin:

The turnover is known in many European languages, it goes back to an ancient saying. So, the expression is given by the Greek writer Lucian (III century BC) in "Praise of the fly": "But I interrupt my word ... so that no one would think that I, according to the proverb, make an elephant out of a fly" .

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