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Phraseologism: Upside down.

Meaning: 1. Somersault, over the head, upside down, 2. upside down, in an overturned position, 3. in complete disarray (simple).

Origin: The etymology is obscured. The word torso can go back to the verb to stir up, that is, "pull, turn over." It is also assumed that tormashki comes from the dialect torma "legs". According to another hypothesis, the word torso is related to the word brake (old tormas). Tormas used to be called iron strips under the sleigh runner, used to make the sleigh roll less. The expression upside down could refer to a sleigh overturned on ice or snow.

Random phraseology:

Thread of Ariadne.

Meaning:

1. A guiding drink, a guiding thought, a way to help get out of a difficult situation, solve a difficult issue. 2. Way out of any difficult, confusing situation.

Origin:

It arose from Greek myths about the Athenian hero Theseus (Theseus), who killed the Minotaur, a monstrous half-bull, half-man. At the request of the Cretan king Minos, the Athenians were obliged to send seven young men and seven girls to Crete every year, who were given to be eaten by the Minotaur, who lived in a labyrinth built for him, from where no one could get out. To accomplish a dangerous feat, Theseus was helped by the daughter of the Cretan king Ariadne, who fell in love with him. Secretly from her father, she gave him a sharp sword and a ball of thread. When Theseus and the boys and girls doomed to be torn to pieces were taken to the labyrinth, Theseus tied the end of the ball of thread at the entrance and went along the intricate passages, gradually unwinding the ball. Having killed the Minotaur, Theseus found his way out of the labyrinth by a thread and led out all the doomed from there. (Ovid, "Metamorphoses", 8, 172, "Heroines", 10, 103).

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