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sparrow night

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Phraseologism: Sparrow night.

Meaning: A short summer night with continuous thunderstorms or lightning.

Origin: There are several versions of the origin of this expression. The first version says: according to ancient beliefs, in Belarus or in the Smolensk region, near the Assumption (August 15, old style) or between Ilyin's day and the Nativity of the Virgin (September 8, old style), a mountain ash night comes with a storm, thunder, lightning. In central Russia, such nights were called sparrow nights, but they were not associated with any specific date. The expressions mountain ash night and sparrow night are echoes of some cult-mystical constructions that correlated the cult of mountain ash and the cult of a sparrow with a thunderstorm, lightning, lightning, and therefore, apparently, with the ancient Slavic god of thunder in his most ancient incarnation, preceding Perun. According to the second version, this refers to a pockmarked (like a sparrow) night, when darkness is interspersed with lightning. On such nights, sparrows fly out of their nests, chirp anxiously, gather in flocks, etc. According to the third version, the original form of the combination was rowan night, i.e. "speckled, motley night" - a night with flashes of lightning, and most often with wind, storm, thunder. On the basis of the expression rowan night, later, as a result of folk etymological rethinking, a turnover was formed rowan night, and then sparrow night.

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The great silent majority.

Meaning:

The majority of citizens of the country who do not directly participate in political activities, in contrast to the politically active minority organizing demonstrations, pickets, rallies, etc. Nevertheless, this majority has its own position, and it expresses it in elections, thus determining the fate of its countries.

Origin:

From English: The Great Silent Majority. From a television speech (November 3, 1969) by the 37th President of the United States (1969-1974) Richard Nixon (1913-1994). The US administration waged a war in Vietnam, whose opponents planned to hold an anti-war march on Washington. Wanting to emphasize that the demonstrators are not the entire American people, Nixon called for "the great silent majority of Americans" to support the president. The opposition of the "speaking minority" to the "silent majority" has been encountered before, for example, in John F. Kennedy. The demonstrators ironically commented on the president's call, using a different meaning of the expression. In ancient authors (Plavt, Petronius), "to join the majority" meant "to die", therefore, in English literature, "great" or "silent majority" often referred to all the dead. The opponents of the war marched on Washington, and many of them carried posters with a picture of the cross-studded Arlington National Cemetery (where those killed in the line of duty are buried) and the signature: "The silent majority."

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