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Enemy of the people

Ancient Rome

Phraseologism: Enemy of the people.

Meaning: An indication of the events and spirit of the 1930s, when in the Stalinist USSR such a label was attached to the victims of political repression, to everyone who, for one reason or another, was suspected of being unreliable.

Origin: The expression is first found in ancient Rome in the form of an enemy of the Roman people. It was very popular during the years of the French Revolution (along with the concept opposite in meaning - "friend of the people"). In Russia, this phrase entered into wide circulation after the February Revolution of 1917, and in the Civil War that followed the October Revolution, it was equally common on both sides of the front, both among the "Reds" and the "Whites". Also known is the play by the Norwegian playwright G. Ibsen "The Enemy of the People".

Random phraseology:

Bullets pour.

Meaning:

Boastfully lie, tell fables.

Origin:

In antiquity, there was a belief that at the ebb of the bell, it was necessary to start some kind of rumor on purpose. The more absurd the fiction, the more they believe it, the more sonorous the cast bell will be. This is how the expression "to pour a bell" was born, that is, to spread rumors, to lie. In this sense, the expression "bullets pour" began to be used.

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