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Everything is for the best in this best of all worlds

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Phraseologism: Everything is for the best in this best of worlds.

Meaning: About expecting something good in any situation.

Origin: This saying ("Tout est pour le mieux dans le meilleur des mondes possibles") is borrowed from Voltaire's novel "Candide" (1759), in which, however, it is given in a slightly different edition. In chapter 1, Dr. Pangloss states that everything is expedient "in the best possible world" ("dans le meilleur des mondes possibles") and that "everything is for the best" ("tout est au mieux"), the same thought varies and in other chapters of the novel. In Candida, Leibniz's theory of "pre-established harmony" is mocked, and the cited quotations parody Leibniz's statement in Theodicy (1710): "God would not have created the world if it were not the best of all possible."

Random phraseology:

Pull the rope.

Meaning:

To procrastinate, to drag out any business, to speak monotonously and tediously.

Origin:

Gimp - the thinnest gold, silver or copper thread, which was used to embroider galloons, aiguillettes and other decorations of officer uniforms, as well as chasubles of priests and simply rich costumes. It was made in a handicraft way, by heating the metal and carefully pulling out a thin wire with tongs. This process was extremely long, slow and painstaking, so that over time the expression "pull the wire" began to refer to any protracted and monotonous business or conversation.

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