Where can we, fools, drink tea. Meaning, origin, examples of the use of phraseological units

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Where can we, fools, drink tea

Pushkin A.S.

Phraseologism: Where can we, fools, drink tea.

Meaning: It is used as an ironic self-abasement: we are small, poor people, we are not capable of anything, we cannot live without someone else's advice, etc.

Origin: An expression belonging to one of the closest friends of A. S. Pushkin, Pyotr Pavlovich Kaverin (1794-1855). He served in 1816-1820. in the Life Hussars quartered in Tsarskoye Selo, and became famous for his cheerful disposition, revelry, various "pranks" and sharp words. He, as contemporaries recalled, always, for any occasion, had some kind of proverb-saying of his own composition. And tea appears here because in the old days it was expensive and only rich, "chosen" people drank it. This expression remained in the history of the Russian language thanks to M. Yu. Lermontov, who immortalized Kaverin's words by using them in his novel A Hero of Our Time (1840). There, Pechorin quotes these words in his conversation with Grushnitsky: “You, they say, have been terribly dragging after my princess these days?” he said rather casually and without looking at me. “Where can we, fools, drink tea!” I answered him , repeating the favorite saying of one of the most dexterous rake of the past, once sung by Pushkin" ("Princess Mary"). After the release of Lermontov's novel, these words became winged.

Random phraseology:

Wine, wine, we are given for joy.

Meaning:

About the cheerful property of wine ..

Origin:

From a pre-revolutionary student drinking song: "So pour, brother, pour, pour! // Drink every drop, drink! // Wine, wine, wine, wine, // It is given to us for joy." Apparently, the anonymous authors of these words were inspired by a very popular poem (1791) by N. M. Karamzin "Merry Hour": "But God gave us joy, // He gave us wine for joy, // The holy sage says: / / Old age finds youth in him, / Poor - the end of sorrows.

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