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Up the stairs leading down

Bel Kaufman

Phraseologism: Up the stairs leading down.

Meaning: About actions that at first glance contribute to something, changing the situation for the better, but in fact only worsen the situation.

Origin: The title of the novel (1961) is about a school written by the American writer Bel Kaufman (b. 1911), granddaughter of the famous Jewish writer Sholom Aleichem (pseudonym of Sholom Nokhumovich Rabinovich, 1859-1916). B. Kaufman lived in Odessa until the revolution of 1917, after which she moved to the USA with her family. The idea to name her novel exactly like that was born in her thanks to the following episode: once the administrator of the school where B. Kaufman taught at that time made a memorandum about the behavior of one of the students: "I was detained for violating the rules: I went up the stairs leading down" . Although at first glance this phrase sounds absurd, it is based on one, quite practical consideration. In American schools, in order to avoid crowds and, accordingly, childhood injuries, one staircase was only allowed to go up, while others were only allowed to go down.

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You can't fly from a good life.

Meaning:

A person who is satisfied with his life will not want to change anything.

Origin:

The expression arose from the story of I. F. Gorbunov (1831-1895) "Aeronaut". There is a crowd of people around the balloon. There is talk about how the balloon is inflated and how it will fly. "With a man? - With a man ... The German himself will fly, and with him the tailor, - Tailor ?! - The tailor hired to fly ... The merchants hired ... - The tailor! - Drunk? - No, through it, as it should. - Why is he flying? - A person is confused, well, he flies. Of course, you won’t fly from a good life, and, therefore, he spun ... "

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