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Vanity Fair

John Bunyan

Phraseologism: Vanity Fair.

Meaning: About a society where the pursuit of success, concern for prestige, career, etc. are in honor. (disapproving, scornful).

Origin: Translation from English: "Vanity fair". It is first found in the book "The Pilgrim's Progress" by the English writer John Bunyan (1628-1688). In the book, the protagonist passes through a certain city, about which the pilgrim says: "The name of this city is Vanity, and in this city there is a fair called the Vanity Fair." But the expression became popular thanks to the English satirist novelist William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863). He called his famous satirical novel ("Vanity fair", 1847), depicting the mores of contemporary England. At first, in the Russian translation (editions of 1853, 1873, 1885), this novel was called "The Bazaar of Worldly Vanity". And this expression was popular in Russia for a long time, largely thanks to M.E. Saltykov-Shchedrin, who often used it in his works (for example, the essays of 1874-1877 "In the Environment of Moderation and Accuracy", etc.). It was later replaced by the modern, now classic, version of the title of William Thackeray's novel, Vanity Fair.

Random phraseology:

Are you still alive, my old woman?

Meaning:

Quoted as a playful greeting addressed to a familiar woman.

Origin:

From the poem "Letter to Mother" (1924) by Sergei Alexandrovich Yesenin (1895-1925): "Are you still alive, my old woman? // I am also alive. Hello, hello!"

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