Which country's wine do you prefer at this time of the day? Meaning, origin, examples of the use of phraseological units

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Which country's wine do you prefer at this time of the day?

Bulgakov M.A.

Phraseologism: Which country's wine do you prefer at this time of the day?

Meaning: About trying to treat someone with wine, as if his various collections and "own cellars" really exist.

Origin: From the novel (18 "Unfortunate Visitors") "The Master and Margarita" by Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov (1891-1940). Woland's words addressed to the barman of the Variety Theater Andrei Fokich Sokov: "A cup of wine? White, red? Which country's wine do you prefer at this time of the day?"

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Mediocre.

Meaning:

1. Untalented, mediocre. 2. Unfortunate, unfortunate, destitute.

Origin:

Sometimes confusion occurs with this word, and all due to the fact that the noun from which it is formed - "talan" has its "double" in the Russian language. It is the word "talent" - similar in pronunciation, but different in meaning. "Talan", which came to us from the Turkic languages, meant "booty", "success". Therefore, "untalented" is an unfortunate, unhappy person. But this is one of the meanings of the word. The second is connected with "talent": "untalented" - "talentless", "devoid of talent". Be careful with the use of this word. Calling someone "untalented" can be misleading. After all, mediocre people are lucky, and unhappy people are talented. It is better to use the word "untalented" in a context from which it is clear what is at stake.

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